The King of Kraut, Live in SF

Sandor Katz, Author of Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods

Saturday, December 2
San Francisco, CA
Vegetable Fermentation Demonstration, Discussion, and Booksigning
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
(415) 291-3276
11:30 AM
Free

Sunday, December 3
Berkeley, CA
Full Moon Feast
(510) 981-1334

Monday, December 4
San Francisco, CA
Discussion and Booksigning
Modern Times Books
888 Valencia Street
(415) 282-9246
7:30 PM
Free

Who is Sandor Katz? He is a fermentation fetishist, the king of kraut, a man of many microbes. He is the writer, herbalist, activist who wrote my fermentation recipe bible, Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods. He is out and about on tour promoting his new book, The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America's Underground Food Movements. His mission in life is to propel more live culture foods into our...uh...culture. In the new book, he describes a political climate in which "eating well has become an act of civil disobedience". I love this man.

I saw him speak at Urban Forage here in SF about 2 years ago. We were jam packed in a tiny room, but he had all of us riveted to our seats with stories of the history and folklore of fermentation. It's hard to believe that this subject matter could be so interesting, but who knew that Captain James Cook, the eighteenth-century English explorer, conquered scurvy among his crews by sailing with large quantities of sauerkraut. Who knew!

2 years ago at Urban Forage, he brought jars of kraut and other fermented vegetables (all the way from the hills of Tennessee where he lives) for the audience to taste. He may be doing it this time as well, but in any case, if you want a fascinating primer on fermented foods, go see him speak at any of the events above. If you see me, say hi!

For more information on the Foundation for Fermentation Fervor and Sandor Katz, visit his website.

carla