About the Author

Sandor Ellix Katz is a fermentation revivalist. A self-taught experimentalistwho lives in rural Tennessee, his explorations in fermentation developed out of overlapping interests in cooking, nutrition, and gardening. This book, originally published in 2003, along with hisThe Art of Fermentation (2012) and the hundreds of fermentation workshops he has taught around the world, have helped to catalyze a broad revival of the fermentation arts. Newsweek called Wild Fermentation "the fermenting Bible," and The New York Times calls Sandor one of the unlikely rock stars of the American food scene. For more information, check out his websitewww.wildfermentation.com.