An interview with Sandor Katz author of Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods

Sandor Katz has been fermenting foods and drinks for a decade. He has explored and experimented widely in the realm of fermentation. His mission is to propel more live-culture foods out into our culture. In this interview Sandor provides useful information about the fermenting process so that you can create nutritious food in your own home.

• Did you know that fermented foods are easier to digest than non-fermented?
• Find out how to multiply the nutrient value of your food by fermenting.
• Recognize fermented foods that are already in your diet.
• Make peace with the fact that we host ten times more microorganisms in our bodies than we have cells.
• Discover the cultural traditions of fermenting -- worldwide.
• Learn to preserve food without refrigeration.
• Discover some recipes you never knew were delicious.
• Learn where you can get a recipe to make your own ginger ale and root beer.
• Find out how fermented foods can give support to those suffering from cancer.
• Minimize lactose intolerance by fermenting.
• Find out how fermented acidic foods help balance body pH.
• Learn how people with immune—suppressed bodies can benefit from eating fermented foods.

"My fermentation fetish grew out of my overlapping interests in cooking, nutrition and gardening. I am also an herbalist and an activist and a writer and a builder and a craftsperson and a bicyclist and many other things: a generalist. I am a native of New York City, a graduate of Brown University and a retired policy wonk. Ten years ago I moved from New York to Short Mountain Sanctuary, a queer intentional community deep in the wooded hills of Tennessee. I have AIDS and consider fermented foods an important part of my healing." -Sandor Katz

Liz Lipski, PhD, CCN Is the host of the Access to Health Experts interview series. She holds a doctorate and is board certified in Clinical Nutrition, is the author of Digestive Wellness, Digestive Wellness for Children, and Leaky Gut Syndrome. She's the Director of Doctoral Studies at Hawthorn University, and the nutrition editor for Pilates Style Magazine. Dr. Lipski is the founder of several web-based health information sites including Innovative Healing and Access to Health Experts.