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

by Julia Skinner

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781635868326
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	10/15/2024
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

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