Darra Goldstein Author Event • Cultured: A Global Guide to Fermenting and Preserving Fruit, Vegetables, Dairy, and Grains, with over 150 recipes

Darra Goldstein is the founding editor of Gastronomica and editor in chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Food Studies. The author of eight cookbooks, including The Georgian Feast and Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore, she has won numerous prizes for her work in food, including James Beard and IACP awards. Her latest book, written with Cortney Burns and Richard Martin, is Cultured, a global compendium of fermented and preserved foods. Darra has consulted for the Council of Europe on using food as a tool for tolerance and diversity and has held distinguished fellowships in food studies at the University of Toronto and the University of Melbourne. She currently sits on the board of the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts and is a member of the advisory “Kitchen Cabinet” of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

 Cultured- The only book on preserving you'll ever need! A vast and ambitious hardback cookbook featuring over 150 preserving recipes for drinks, condiments, snacks, and sweets.

Organized by how long each recipe takes, there is something for all timescales―from quick pickles that are ready that day to methods that take weeks or months but can survive for years. Cultured draws on culinary traditions from around the world, employing techniques such as drying, canning, freezing, pickling, fermentation, salting, and freeze-drying. Making condiments like harissa and adjika, as well as staples and treats like kimchi, sauerkraut, preserved lemons, horchata, and pomegranate molasses to eat now and enjoy later has never been easier. The recipes are also accompanied by information on how to use these preserved foods to transform your cooking. 

Written by the authorities in the field, and filled with fascinating essays, stunning photography, and illustrations, this volume is destined to become the go-to resource for all things preservation.