The Farmhouse Culture Guide to Fermenting: Crafting Live Cultured Foods and Drinks with 100 Recipes from Kimchi to Kombucha

Has everything you want to know about fermenting.

The author, Kathryn Lukas, recently led an edible fruit tree tour/walk in Los Altos, CA, not far from me, that I thoroughly enjoyed. From the examples and historical preservation methods she described, it's clear she is an expert in the craft of fermenting.On the tour, when she mentioned preserved lemons, I recalled tasting them over 20 years ago as a condiment for a Moroccan dish we made in a local cooking class. The caterer teaching the class had described how, as part of her business, they put up big batches up them.So after Kathryn's tour, I ordered this book and, inspired to attempt preserving some of my first bountiful flush of lemons on the bush I'd inherited, I gave the "preserved lemons with peppercorns" recipe in this cookbook (pg 278) a shot. It was so easy. And the jar had a heavenly citrus/floral scent the whole time it was fermenting.And oh-my-goodness, the finished product (photo attached) is sooooo delicious. I've diced them and put them on eggs, meat, fish, rice, etc. My kids didn't want to try them (typical when I offer new food) and I usually encourage they take a taste anyway, but these were so darn good, I decided to hoard them all for myself. ;) The kids can have some from the next batch. I am definitely making it again.Looking forward to trying other recipes from this cookbook as well.I have a couple Sandor Katz fermentation books which I like a lot too, but they lack the gorgeous photos found in this book so I imagine I'll end up using this one more frequently.Thanks for sharing your wisdom, Kathryn!

The way they have elaborate the whole fermentation process

As a relative new comer to Fermenting (kimchi and Sriracha so far) I found this book so useful and informative. Only tiny criticism is that it would be great to have a photo to match each recipe. Having said that, there are loads of beautiful inspiring photos so I would still highly recommend and give 5 stars. All I need now is shelf room and loads of jars …. Cant wait to get started.

Book arrived with a broken inner seam and battered cover. Otherwise is a good book filled with lots of good information.