The Fermentation Oracle Readings and Recipes to Take You on a Magical Culinary Journey; 36 Oracle Cards and Guidebook

by Skinner, Julia

• ISBN13: 9781635868326
• ISBN10: 1635868327
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2024-10-15
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Summary

Award-winning author Julia Skinner ​combines her passion for making fermented foods with her fascination for the transformative, magical aspects of the process in this one-of-a-kind book plus oracle deck specially designed for fermentation fans.

Fermentation is an adventure—whether you’re collecting new cultures from foreign lands, riffing on a traditional recipe to create a totally new food, or allowing the process to lead you to moments of self-reflection. In The Fermentation Oracle, author Julia Skinner opens a portal to new culinary and personal explorations by sharing 36 guided meditations on the properties of each ferment, intended to help you think creatively about the gifts of that particular food or drink, access intuition, and navigate each day's joys and problems more thoughtfully. The book is packaged with a deck of 36 lavishly illustrated oracle cards to spark your next culinary adventure and 38 creative recipes inspired by the readings that accompany them.

Author Biography

Julia Skinner is the author of Our Fermented Lives and the founder and director of Root, a fermentation and food history company that bridges the gap between modern people and historic food. She is the first food writer to be awarded two 40 Under 40 awards in the same year. Her work has been featured in Vox, Eater, Business Insider, and Buzzfeed. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.   

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Recipe Tips and Tools 
Oracle Interpretations and Recipes

Adventure 

Choose Your Own Adventure Ferment

Find Rest

Amazake

Imagination

Atlantis Mead

Transformation

Banana Vinegar

Celebration

Beet and Carrot Sauce

Reciprocity

Beet Kvass

Find Depth

Cold Brew Cacao

Create Your Ritual

Cranberry Relish

Receive and Share Wisdom

Cultured Butter

Transformation

Floral Honey Shrub

Share Your Gifts

Elderflower Cordial

Healing

Fire Cider

Finding Balance

Wild Fermented Fruit Wine

Reimagine

Green Papaya Salad

Pickled Green Papaya Martini

Dance Freely

Ginger Beer

Expanding Joy

Herbal Soda

Share Your True Voice

Hot Sauce

Imagine New Paths

Kraut-Chi

Mindfulness

Lavender Turmeric

Nourish in Community

Lemon Oyster Mushroom Ketchup

Pleasant Surprises

Lobster Lemon Vinegar

Find Ease

Mango-Coriander Sauce

Inspired Gratitude

Mead of Inspiration and Poetry

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis Kombucha Mocktail

Move Fearlessly Toward Your Dreams

Pickle Powder

Let Your Body Be Your Guide

Pickled Apples with Sage

Cherish Your Treasures

Pomegranate Sauerkraut

Simplicity

Quick Pickles

Try Something New

Sauerkraut

Help Others Shine 

Shio Koji

Make Self-Care a Practice

Sourdough Starter

Sourdough Pancakes

Nourish Yourself 

Spring Greens Vinegar

Thrive In Yourself 

Tepache

Build Toward the Future

Honey Vinegar

Find Grounding

Wild Herbal Salt

Embrace Change

Yogurt