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Fermenter

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Heads (of cabbage) are gonna roll! Learn how to make funky, flavorful ferments + tasty food that incorporates them. Fermenter is perfect for those looking to add some serious culinary wizardry and revolutionary DIY spirit to their vegan kitchen.

Like The Noma Guide to Fermentation but with a punk, DIY aesthetic and a it's-OK-to-fail ethos, Fermenter provides the sought-after secrets and words of wisdom from top fermentation educators, Aaron Adams and Liz Crain.

Based in Portland, Oregon (vegan capital of America), the Fermenter restaurant specializes in culinary fermentation to achieve their unique funky flavors. Learn how to handcraft local bean-and-grain tempehs, fresh and aged vegan cheeses, fizzy probiotic drinks, and koji ferments and revolutionize the flavor profiles in your home kitchen! They empower you to follow them down this highly addictive (and inexpensive) path, resulting in totally DIY food, free from mass-produced or corporate anything.

Whether you're a pickle wizard already or a just want to level up your home-cook vegan cred, there are more than 60 tantalizing recipes, including:
  • North Coast Kraut (made with seaweed!) is a great beginner's lacto-ferment, full of probiotic goodness
  • Chickpea Miso: a more complex, longer-lead ferment & pantry staple
  • Koji Beet Reuben: put those koji skills to work with this umami bomb
  • Cheesy Jojo Supreme with Tempeh Bacon: the perfect stoner food, like if stuffed potato skins were a nacho dish

Beware: Vegetables will be slaughtered.

About the Author

AARON ADAMS is a chef and fermentation educator based in Portland, OR. He opened his first restaurant in 2002, followed by restaurants that all in one way or another featured fermented food and drink. He zeroed in on and grew that love of fermentation at Fermenter, which showcases everything traditional, wildly experimental, and local and global ferments--from koji to kombucha--along with delicious dishes that incorporate them.

LIZ CRAIN is a longtime writer on Pacific Northwest food and drink. She is the author of Dumplings = Love and coauthor of the cookbooks Toro Bravo, and Hello! My Name is Tasty, as well as 420-friendly Grow Your Own. She is also cofounder of the annual Portland Fermentation Festival.

Details

Format: Paperback
Size: 7-1/4 x 9
ISBN: 9781632174710

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Carol J. Cercone
Great info and fun book

OMG, I love this book. It’s filled with great info, innovative recipes, and little to NO unnecessary fluff. I’ve purchased several books on fermentation and this is by far my favorite

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Aleida T.
Amazing recipes and a book full of treasures for the health

I enjoyed reading this book at the library, and I decided to buy it. It's a keeper!

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YodaMom
What's Up With the Crazy Fonts ?

The actual recipes are wonderful, innovative and healthy. The font in this book hurts my eyes, dulled white print on black, Large then small front, Fancy fonts, it's crazy. I really wanted this book, I waited and bought ti as soon as it was published and now I can't stand to read it. I have no issues reading, my eyes are good 20/20 ! Staining to try to see a blurred small font is just not worth it. Sure I could just use the recipes but half the book is stories, stories I was interested in, the how and why's. I had this on my coffee table and everyone that came over had an opinion from it's chaos to "Ugg how do you read this ?" Maybe the ebook would be clearer ? I might check it out.

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Luis Javier Larranaga
Todo delicioso

Aunque tengo el libro de Noma quería algo mas mundano y con recetas deliciosas, este es un libro para incorporar los fermentos de una forma deliciosa

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J Dikelsky
Super fun and innovative!

I love this book! There are so many interesting recipes for saurkrauts, and other types of fermentation. There are recipes for beginners, and there are also plenty of recipes that require special equipment. I would recommend it.

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T. M. Keehn
Exciting recipes!

I just got the book and have read through it. I haven't had the chance to make any of the recipes yet. There are a lot of unique and exciting recipes in here I can't wait to try. That being said, some I'm going to have to wait on because some need special equipment. Some of the special equipment suggested in this book: proofer ($200, smoker $140, koji board) so while there are recipes that just take a jar (pickles, hot sauce, kraut) some of the more interesting ones take more involved equipment. I'm excited to jump in and start fermenting and start adding equipment gradually. I think some of these recipes would be worth it!

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Mary
The secrets have been revealed

I've moved away from Portland and I miss fermenter all the time. I'm so excited that every detail was shared - not just the fermentation steps, but also the recipes for my favorite restaraunt dishes. Silly and cute commentary throughout that really connects you to the author.

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Sarah P.
Great recipes and entertaining

This is not your average cookbook. It’s educational, the recipes are fantastic and it’s also a great read! The chef is really entertaining so it feels like you get more than just a great cookbook. Highly recommend.

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Sean
Loving the book

I love this book!!

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DC

I don’t often leave reviews, but must for this book, as I want to make EVERY RECIPE IN IT! So exciting. Nicely presented, cheat sheets for various processes e.g. making tempeh. The only downside for me is two or three recipes require a smoker, and these are key recipes, ……at my age do I need smoker…no….but I may just have to consider one and the two recipes in question sound amazing. I do not think anyone buying this book would be disappointed. I have been dehydrating/pickling for 35+ years….I have been a vegan for over 30, (occasional lapses) and have taken up fermenting in the last 3 years. Nearly every recipe has something new to offer me. Can’t wait to get going.

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Woodworker
A cookbook for cooks

I literally love this book. I think I have sort of outgrown regular cookbooks. I don't need more recipes. I need creativity and I love to learn. I love to cook and have many decades of doing it. We are very experienced fermenters, and I found this book to be lovely and very full of new and useful information and ideas.