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From Scratch: Ferment

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Category: Kitchen & Pantry

From Scratch: Ferment is the no-nonsense guide to fermenting at home.

From homemade kimchi to kombucha, shrub cocktails, and making your own pickles, award-winning food writer Mark Diacono tells the story of fermentation, and offers recipes that maximise the transformative power of this amazing process.

From Scratch: Ferment offers a gentle guiding hand on a natural process that would happen without you, encouraging largely invisible activity of bacteria to work to your advantage. These skills take little of your time, they are particular yet simple, and the results are extraordinary.

Packed with useful, accessible information and focussing on back-to-basics skills, the From Scratch series is designed to inspire you to slow down and create. Titles include: Sourdough, Brew, Charcuterie.

Published by Microcosm Publishing

Customer Reviews (4.6 / 5 · 16 reviews)

Olivia W. ★★★★★

The kimchi recipe alone is worth the price—it gave me the confidence to finally tackle fermentation without all the fussy jargon. I’ve already made two batches of pickles and a shrub syrup that turned out surprisingly sharp and tasty. It’s the kind of book that actually gets splattered with brine in

George ★★★★★

The kimchi chapter finally got me to stop buying jars and commit to my own batch—the step-by-step method is clear enough that I didn't mess it up once. Mark's writing makes even the kombucha section feel approachable, and I've already worked through three of the shrub ideas.

Matthew ★★★★★

The shrub cocktail recipes alone are worth the price, and the kombucha section finally made the process click for me after years of failed batches. It's written in such a plain, practical way that I actually trust the fermentation times instead of second-guessing everything.