FERMENTATION AS METAPHOR Sandor Ellix Katz

by: Chelsea Green

Only £20.00

This is a brand-new book by “the godfather of fermentation” and it’s a bit different to his Art of Fermentation. It’s not a textbook or a “how to” but instead more of a gift book for a big Sandor Katz fan. In it he muses on the work that he does and the fascinating connections between microbial communities and other communities in the larger world, and on what we can learn when we genuinely consider fermentation as a metaphor. As he writes, “Fermentation is not obsolete and it’s not a fad. It is a fact. It is an inevitable life force…” The book includes more than 50 beautiful and psychedelic photographs of micro-organisms taken using both a stereoscope and an electron microscope. Sections of the book include The War on Bacteria, Microbiopolitics and Emotional Composting. This unique book can teach us a great deal about food, life and deep and sweeping transformation.

128pp, 211 x 208 mm, Hardback, 2020, RRP £20.00