114: The wild world of fermentation

Published: Jan. 15, 2018, 11 a.m.

Traditional people groups around the world have long valued fermentation as a process that preserves food and makes its nutrients more bio-available.\xa0Today, fermentation \u201crevivalist\u201d and well-known author Sandor Katz takes us on a tour of the wild world of fermentation. He discusses how it works, how delicious it tastes, and how it benefits our bodies.

He also dives into his own story\u2014what piqued his interest in fermentation in the first place, and what he\u2019s learned from recent travels around the world. He shares about the foods he's enjoyed, the connections he's made, and the fermentation traditions that are still being used today. He completes the interview with something of a mini-workshop on how to make sauerkraut.

This conversation is a fermentation "starter," of sorts. It will spark curiosity and wonder at the mysterious process of fermentation.

For more on Sandor, visit his website: wildfermentation.com

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For the full show notes, visit westonaprice.org.\xa0