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On the Food Programme, we aim to bring you the leading experts, the most respected

practitioners, the greatest storytellers and in this edition I think we have one of the best.

My name is Sandor Cats.

I call myself a fermentation revivalist.

I live in middle Tennessee.

Through his writing, Sandor Cats has inspired home cooks, chefs and food producers

to rethink their relationship with the hidden microbes that surround us all.

Bacteria and fungi capable of transforming food

into longer lasting deliciousness.

Humans did not invent or create fermentation.

It would be more accurate to state that fermentation created us.

Fermentation, broadly speaking, is the transformative action of microorganisms. So fermented foods and beverages are those foods and beverages that have been created by this

transformative power of microorganisms.

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