Sandor Katz
Sandor Ellix Katz | |
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 Sandor Katz doing a fermentation workshop at the Monticello Heritage Harvest Festival, 12 September 2015 | |
| Born | May 20, 1962 |
| Known for | Food writer focusing on DIY fermentation |
Notable work | Wild Fermentation (2003) The Art of Fermentation (2012) |
Sandor Ellix Katz (born May 20, 1962) is an American food writer and DIY food activist.
Work[edit source]
A self-described "fermentation fetishist", Katz has taught hundreds of food workshops around the United States, and his book Wild Fermentation (2003) has been called a classic,[1] "the bible for people embarking on DIY projects like sourdough or sauerkraut",[2] and "especially notorious for getting people excited about fermenting food".[3] He was named one of Chow magazine's top "provocateurs, trendsetters, and rabble-rousers" in 2009.[4]
Personal life[edit source]
Born to a Jewish family with origins in Belarus, Katz grew up in New York City on the Upper West Side.[5] He is openly gay,[6] an AIDS survivor,[7] and began his fermentation experimentation while living in a rural, off-the-grid Radical Faerie community in Tennessee.[2][8]
Popular culture[edit source]
Katz was the subject of the 2009 punk rock song "Human(e) Meat (The Flensing of Sandor Katz)", a satirical vegan response to Katz's 2006 chapter on "Vegetarian Ethics and Humane Meat" in The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved.
Bibliography[edit source]
- Katz, Sandor (1995). Anne Frank: Voice of Hope. (Junior World Biographies). Chelsea House Publishers. ISBN 0-7910-2120-3.
- Katz, Sandor (1996). Whoopi Goldberg: Performer with a Heart. (Junior Black Americans of Achievement). Chelsea House Publishers. ISBN 0-7910-2396-6.
- Katz, Sandor (2003). Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods. ISBN 1-931498-23-7.
- Katz, Sandor Ellix (2006). The Revolution Will Not be Microwaved: Inside America's Underground Food Movements. White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Publ. ISBN 1933392118.
- Katz, Sandor (2012). The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World. Chelsea Green Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1603582865.
References[edit source]
- ^ "An interview with underground foodie hero Sandor Katz". Grist Magazine. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
- ^ a b "On the Hunt for Wild Yeast: Chatting with home fermentation expert Sandor Ellix Katz". CHOW Magazine. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: An Interview with Sandor Ellix Katz". Healing the Earth radio. 15 August 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
- ^ Lessley Anderson (2 November 2009), The CHOW 13: Sandor Katz, p. 10
- ^ "Pickling Pioneer Preaches Gospel of Fermentation". The Scroll. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ Sandor Katz (2006), The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved, Chelsea Green Publishing, p. 95, ISBN 1-933392-11-8
- ^ Katz, Sandor. "Who Is Sandorkraut?".
- ^ Winborn, George (30 May 2008), "Fermentation Fervor" (PDF), Just Out, p. 43[permanent dead link]
External links[edit source]
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1L46xWCWCo
- wildfermentation.com, Sandor Katz's official site
- Sandorkraut, a portrait of Sandor Katz (2014, 12 min)
- "How the Farm Bill Affects What We Eat: with guests Michael Pollan, Dr. Marion Nestle and Sandor Ellix Katz" (Podcast). NPR Science Friday. 10 August 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2009.[permanent dead link]
- Zeichner, Walter. Fermented Foods Carry Culture and Health (archived 2014). Out in the Mountains.
