The Noma Guide to Fermentation (Foundations of Flavor): Including Koji, Kombuchas, Shoyus, Misos, Vinegars, Garums, Lacto-Ferments, and Black Fruits and Vegetables

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When noma first set out to define itself as a restaurant almost 15 years ago, René and the team set out to define the foodways of our region. Somehow they knew that limitations were bound to bring focus. Not that it was lazy to call up a vegetable supplier and ask for lemons for that evening’s fish dish, but in a way (creatively at least) it was [lazy]. René Redzepi and the Noma team bring extraordinary creativity to the ancient and universal practice of fermentation. Accessible enough for novices, The Noma Guide to Fermentation is sure to elevate the practices of those of us already enchanted with the vast realm of fermentation."

The Noma Guide to Fermentation: Including koji, kombuchas

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/foodborne-illness-and-disease/clostridium-botulinum/CT_Index A stunningly detailed guide to fermentation, offering home cooks and curious eaters an unprecedented glimpse into the fascinating mechanics of the centuries-old technique, with recipes. The Noma Guide toFermentationis a landmark work that makes the biochemical process newly accessible, and, dare we say it, fun.” Named one of the Best Cookbooks to Give as Gifts by Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, Esquire, Field & Stream, New York Magazine’s The Strategist, The Daily Beast, Eater, Vogue, Business Insider, GQ, Epicurious, and more Maizo is a mash-up of cultures that maybe only noma could have produced. Over the past four years, we’ve travelled the world three times, doing noma pop-ups in Japan, Australia and Mexico – transporting our staff and ideas in each instance in an attempt to exercise and hone our creativity. We learned so much about how miso is made in Japan by touring traditional miso factories. And then in Mexico, seeing how corn was transformed into masa for all sorts of traditional dishes got our wheels turning even more. The mash-up that is Maizo takes the Japanese method of making miso, but trades soybeans for nixtamalized corn. The flavour is out of this world, floral and electric. If you’re somewhat experienced in using bacteria, yeast and moulds to transform your foods, and want to up your game with these specific ferments, then you’ll froth this book.

Also, botulism is relatively rare. In the 2017 CDC national botulism surveillance, there were 182 confirmed lab cases with just 19 or 10% being foodborne. The Noma Guide to Fermentation is the scientifically geekiest, the most modern and the most radical [of fermentation guides]. It's also one of the most illuminating. I'm someone who has all manner of Ball jars and mothers bubbling under her kitchen sink, but this book helped me to finally understand the processes involved. . . . Each recipe is accompanied by ideas for what to actually do with the stuff, bending the mind further to open new food pathways." While fermentation is undeniably ancient, to many people today, it can seem brand-new. I think that stems, in a big way, from the fact that many of the corporations responsible for producing fermented products like beer today have a vested interest in keeping those processes behind closed doors. But that hasn’t always been the case. Fermentation used to lie in the hands of ordinary people, not giant multinational companies. Don’t worry, I’ll guide you through the basic layout, highlights and criticisms so that you can decide of yourself. Really beautiful and well-written, but c'mon. I'm gonna make a fermentation chamber in my basement to make miso? Gonna age vinegar for like 4 years in a wine barrel? So, I don't really know who this book is for. Other cooks that also have an entire fermentation department at their restaurant?

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With The Noma Guide to Fermentation, René and his team have written the definitive guide to creating fermented foods. We're all smarter for the years of research that went into this book, and I'm thrilled that home cooks and professionals alike have access to this information." The Noma Guide to Fermentation gathers detailed recipes for the restaurant's most successful discoveries, documents the current state of the craft they've helped advance, and offers a superb introduction for chefs and home cooks alike to the practicalities and pleasures of cooking with microbes." In-depth Base Recipe: The first recipe of every chapter walks you through the basics of each fermentation method. It is important to learn this base recipe, as it serves as foundational knowledge for every subsequent recipe in the chapter.

Something for the true food nerd (and I mean that in the most complimentary way). . . . The recipes are fascinatingly inventive, and the processes behind those recipes are written in a style that makes a novice like me feel like he could give it a go." A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. Together, we plowed through the prep for multiple ferments: vats of lacto-fermented blueberries, pluots, mushrooms and honey; vinegar made with pluots—the recipe called for plums, but the pluots looked better; and coffee and mango kombuchas. J'ai beaucoup aimé avoir la genèse du livre, avec le laboratoire de fermentation du Noma et ses découvertes. C'est rare de voir un livre d'un niveau technique aussi précis être en même temps aussi libérateur et accessible, au moins en terme de langage.

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NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads. What the book makes clear is that [Redzepi's] secret isn't fermentation, it is the ways in which he's elevated it to a fine art. . . . Penned with the lightness, humor and journalistic acumen of a Michael Pollan tome." This was another one of those books that took a subject that I'm passionate about and wanted to learn more about, and convinced me that I probably shouldn't even try. I know that's not the goal, but it really makes it seem absolutely expensive, fiddly and complicated. I highly recommend Sandor Katz's fermentation books if you want to feel inspired and actually do the things you're reading out. This will be a good fit for people who just want to be impressed with the process or for really hard core folks. It wasn't a good fit for me. This cookie is used for load balancing purposes. The cookie does not store any personally identifiable data.

While this was an interesting read (and I'm in awe of NOMA's food), I doubt I'll be venturing into making koji, miso, or garum at home. Most of this book was a bit above my current skill/interest and level of commitment, which sits at "many bottles of kefir, two successful batches of sauerkraut, and a spicy carrot/lime slaw." A significant [marker of] culinary culture. . . . A fresh set of transformative cooking fundamentals . . . [that] make ferments something cooks reach for as readily as salt." Readers looking for creative inspiration and alternative ways to implement standard methods of fermentation. Techniques for achieving the tangy, deeply savory, overall extraordinary flavor that fermentation can bring to a dish.” The more people learn about fermentation, the more they realise these aren’t processes that need to kept behind closed doors, but can in fact be done by ordinary, everyday people. People are becoming more and more concerned about consuming real foods, full of the bacteria their bodies need to function. And while fermentation might seem trendier than ever, I don’t think it’s fair to talk about something so essential to the way we eat going through a “trend”. It’s more than that … fermentation is going through an understanding.