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Fermentation: A Natural History

by Sandor Ellix Katz

Fermentation across nature, culture, and experiment

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Fermentation across nature, culture, and experiment

Fermentation is presented here both as a biological process and as a wide-ranging human practice. The book brings together examples from cultures around the world with scientific and mythological understandings, then includes contemporary experimentation in its account of the subject. That scope makes fermentation a meeting point for natural history and cultural knowledge, rather than a topic limited to food preparation. Illustrations by Stacy Hsu and black-and-white photography accompany the text in a volume described as part of the Studies in Nature series.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in natural history and essays about nature-related subjects
  • Those curious about fermentation across cultures, science, and mythology
  • Readers looking for an illustrated introduction to fermentation as both process and practice

Themes

Fermentation as a natural processCultural practices around fermentationScientific and mythological understandingsExperimentation

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Book overview

A thoughtful introduction to the wonders of fermentation from the James Beard Award and a New York Times bestselling author of Wild Fermentation and The Art of Fermentation.

Fermentation is a magical collaboration between people and bacteria. This book illuminates the natural history of fermentation as a process and concept, covering practices used in cultures around the world with many practical benefits, as well as scientific and mythological understandings, and cutting-edge experimentation.

The Studies in Nature series offers close observations, passionate research, and natural obsessions on a variety of nature-related topics. Featuring illustrations by Stacy Hsu and black and white photography, they offer big ideas in a small, giftable, and collectible package.
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