"Boost the flavor of any meal with this definitive guide on curing and preserving your own jams, pickles, sauces, and more, featuring more than 150 recipes for using your preserved goods"--

Mother and daughter Shihoko Ura and Elizabeth McClelland, founders of the blog Chopstick Chronicles, reveal the key to amazing Japanese cooking-fermenting your own miso, amazake and more. Sweet, salty, tangy and rich, these ingredients add subtle layers of flavor to dishes like Ultimate Miso Ramen, Vibrant Rainbow Roll Sushi and Japanese Curry with Summer Vegetables and Natto. It's easy to enjoy the health benefits of fermented foods, known for aiding...

"Pioneers of life on earth, yeasts and bacteria are present everywhere in our environment, and fermented foods and drinks are at the heart of cuisines worldwide. From hanging meat in prehistoric times to the latest biotechnological research, the techniques of fermentation have been refines, but the principle remains the same: a reliance on living organisms to improve human nutrition. Through the exploration of a history that is almost as old as humanity...