Adam Elabd, author of Fermenting Food Step by Step, joins Mary, Chris & Rachel in the studio to discuss various fermentations, sustainability and his upcoming Tonico cafe and tonic bar in Troy, NY. Adam chats about fermenting while traveling, using/re-using materials in multiple fermentations and international influences. Join us as we dive deeper into tepache, pulque, lahpet and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#...
Feb 07, 2017•43 min•Ep. 191
Mary, Chris & Rachel are joined by Rohit Dugar, founder of Young Master Ales, The Ale Project and Second Draft in Hong Kong. Rohit discusses incorporating local and traditional ingredients into his beers while we taste the Cha Chaan Teng Gose, a kettle-soured ale brewed with salted limes. We chat about the explosive growth and evolution of the Hong Kong craft brewery and bar scene, NYC pizza and marrying flavors with quality beer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californi...
Jan 31, 2017•49 min•Ep. 190
This week on Fuhmentaboudit! , hosts Mary, Chris, and Rachel are joined in the studio by Amanda Feifer, author of Ferment Your Vegetables, and the blog Phickle.com. Ferment Your Vegetables covers a variety of lacto-fermented vegetables, including vegetable kvasses, as well as alternative approaches to vegetable fermentation, including Misodoko. Amanda recently spent time in Japan with a family that makes miso in the traditional manner. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californ...
Jan 24, 2017•41 min•Ep. 189
Preaching the good word of fermentation science, we bring scientists Elizabeth Landis and Esther Miller from the Tufts University Open Lab. Liz and Esther talk about their research on kombucha and sauerkraut, including strange experiments, education outreach, and Wolfe Lab's ongoing project to collect kombucha cultures from all over the world! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jan 17, 2017•47 min•Ep. 188
Experienced homebrewers Dailey Crafton and Joey Dehnert are working with Harry Rosenblum (of Brooklyn Kitchen, host of Feast Yr Ears, author of Vinegar Revival) to curate and provide simple recipe kits shipped straight to you. We catch up with Harry about his forthcoming vinegar book, and learn all about Bierbox.co and Dailey's unique and wild homebrewing approach: culturing yeast from logs, rocks, apples and air! Dailey is also the newest member of the local beer centric tonal evangelists, The ...
Jan 10, 2017•26 min•Ep. 187
On the season finale of Fuhmentaboudit! , Mary, Chris and Rachel are joined by Madi Holtzman and Devin Hardy of Toast Ale, a beer brewed with surplus bread that would otherwise be wasted. Their special recipe combines toasted bread with malted barley (pale malt, CaraMalt, and Munich Malt), hops (Hallertau, Centennial, Cascade, Bramling Cross), yeast and water. Profits from the sale of Toast Ale will go to Feedback, an environmental organization that campaigns to end food waste at every level of ...
Dec 13, 2016•36 min•Ep. 186
This week on Fuhmentaboudit! , Mary, Chris and Rachel are joined by Rich Shih, a mechanical engineer by trade whose passion is kitchen experimentation. When a friend suggested he work with koji, he became interested in playing around with miso flavors. Rich also founded Our Cook Quest , which provides "informative and fun" cooking classes, in-depth analyses, and investigations of cooking techniques to improve and inform culinary adventurers. Some of Rich's unusual misos include peanut butter, ri...
Dec 06, 2016•42 min•Ep. 185
This week on Fuhmentaboudit! , joining Chris, Mary and Rachel in the studio is Jenny Dorsey, a professional chef and culinary consultant based in NYC. Along with her husband, she also curates I Forgot It's Wednesday, an underground restaurant, or "supper club." Fermented foods are an important part of these dinners, which consist of 7 courses paired with a 4 course cocktail flight. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-s...
Nov 29, 2016•42 min•Ep. 184
Today on Fuhmentaboudit, Mary and Chris travel to the far, far kingdom of Bushwick to talk with Sebastian Sauer of Freigeist Bierkultur. We hear from him about his mission to redefine German beer! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Nov 15, 2016•47 min•Ep. 183
This week on Fuhmentaboudit, Mary and Rachel are joined by Suzanne Lee, founder of Biofabricate, director of BioCouture Research Project, and CCO at Modern Meadow. Suzanne tells us about working with SCOBY to create innovative textiles. She also talks about using living microbes, such as mycelium, to create new fabrics and materials. Biofabricate 2016 will take place on November 17 at Parsons School of Design in New York City. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privac...
Nov 08, 2016•41 min•Ep. 182
This week on Fuhmentaboudit, it's a Halloween Special! Mary, Chris, and Rachel tell us about "freaky ferments" including hoppy brown ale, homemade candy corn kefir, and Brett brux. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Oct 31, 2016•34 min•Ep. 181
Today on Fuhmentaboudit, the crew talks to Sandor Katz, the man behind the fermentation revolution! The occasion: Katz has recently published a snazzy update on his classic, Wild Fermentation. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Oct 24, 2016•46 min•Ep. 180
Today on Fuhmentaboudit, we talk to Dave Janssen of Hors Catégorie. Dave speaks to the history of grisettes, how to brew your own, and mixed fermentations. He also shares his recommendations for a perfect day in Belgium. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Oct 17, 2016•37 min•Ep. 179
Cuzme and Rachel go into the origins of Fuhmentaboudit’s theme song and Zimbabwe culture, including the making of and the role of “seven-day beer” in traditional Zimbabwean Bira ceremonies. With special guests Musekiwa Chingodza (mbira master) and Nora Balaban (former owner of Tribal Soundz and currently from the world music ensemble Timbila). They speak of their connections through Nora’s store, mbira workshops, Chris Berry and Panjea, and traditional Zimbabwe culture and the role of beer speci...
Oct 11, 2016•50 min•Ep. 178
Staten Island’s homebrew club, Pour Standards, have challenged their members to brew outside the box…outside boxes of cereal that is! From Lucky Charms, Oatmeal, Cookie Crisp, Grape Nuts, Apple Jacks and beyond, their members pulled delicious beers from skill and ingenuity. Hear here how they formulated and executed the fun, sharing a sneak peek at their annual club fundraiser Pourmania III (featuring music of the Homebrewsicians). Sean Torres and Patrick Wade touch upon the makings of Kills Bor...
Oct 04, 2016•48 min•Ep. 177
Today on Fuhmentaboudit, Rob Handel calls in from the Bee's Knees Café, a farm to table cafe located on Heather Ridge Farm. Rob tells us all about fermenting with neat ingredients like mushrooms and elderberry, and tells us about how his cuisine is changing as summer turns to fall. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Sep 26, 2016•39 min•Ep. 176
Today on Fuhmentaboudit, Jesse Fergeson of Interboro Spirits and Ale joins the crew, which is back in the studio in full force for the first time this season! Interboro Spirits is the only combined distillery and brewery in New York City ("We're lucky," Ferguson says. "New York State was amenable to both of the permits existing in the same facility." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Sep 19, 2016•51 min•Ep. 175
We had our summer fun fermentation-style! Chris, Mary, and Rachel report from the scene at the Boston Fermentation Festival at the Boston Public Market for lectures, workshops, and all sorts of great fermenters from New England. We're joined by Jeremy Ogusky, Joshua Pablo Rosenstock, Jeffrey Yoskowitz, Matt Scobrack, Doug Schmitt, and Paul Nixon of Independent Fermentations. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-...
Sep 13, 2016•53 min•Ep. 174
Today on Fuhmentaboudit, we talk to nutritionist Cynthia Farris, who tells us about the benefits of feeding fermented foods to not just our human friends, but the four legged kind too! Dogs may enjoy some of the reputed benefits of fermented foods and their probiotics. Then we air an interview with Gordon Strong, who talks about updating the BJCP style guidelines. He also discusses his two books, Brewing Better Beer (2011) and Modern Homebrew Recipes (2015). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.c...
Aug 15, 2016•44 min•Ep. 173
Today on Fuhmentaboudit, Chris Cuzme gives a thespian delivery of a poem on the creation of pruno, or prison wine. Then we learn how to make it. Flint Whistler of the Rockaway Brewing Company joins us in the studio to tell us all about how pruno is resourcefully made. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Aug 08, 2016•42 min•Ep. 172
Today on Fuhmentaboudit!, Mary and Chris are joined in the studio by Stephen Valand, a long-time fermenter. "We just wanted to kind of do what we did with beer with the rest of food", Valand says of Farm Steady, a company which like Brooklyn Brew Shop helps customers make their own ingredients at home with special kits. All you need for "the best ricotta I've ever tasted", for instance, is milk, citric acid, salt, and less than an hour. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califor...
Aug 01, 2016•42 min•Ep. 171
Today on Fuhmentaboudit!, Mary and Chris are away at the Westchester Homebrewers Organization. But, hustlers as they are, they put together a few in-the-field interviews with beer-makers all over New York, from Astoria Distilling Company and KCBC Beer to Rockaway Brew Co. and Strong Rope Brewery. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jul 25, 2016•43 min•Ep. 170
This week on Fuhmentaboudit, Mary Izett brings us more clips from Homebrew Con in Baltimore. Topics include how to brew beer in the middle of a heat wave, banana-flavored disasters, and great brewing accessories you might want to put on your wishlist. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jul 18, 2016•44 min•Ep. 169
Today on Fuhmentaboudit!, Sean Z. Paxton of homebrewchef.com joins us (again!) to talk about cooking with beer. We cover everything from smoked garbanzo bean couscous with witbier to beer jams and sorbets (and don't forget about the chocolate stout pastry cream). We also bring you a special investigation into what the "Z" in Sean Z. Paxton stands for. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jul 11, 2016•47 min•Ep. 168
An interview with Olivier Dedeycker of Brasserie Dupont and Tomme Arthur of Lost Abbey Brewery, on their collaboration beer Deux Amis. Plus, a seasonal check-in with Rob Handel of Bee's Knees about what summer ferments you can make. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jun 27, 2016•39 min•Ep. 167
After a whirlwind of a time at Homebrew Con in Baltimore last week, Mary and Chris are back in the studio to bring you bits of wisdom from some of the seminar organizers! Topics include mapping a beer-brewing yeast's genome, home-brewed kombucha, and bringing consistency to the sudsy stuff you make at home. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jun 13, 2016•47 min•Ep. 166
Are you for real? Chris and Mary brought their listeners a souvenir from Iceland: cool info about the craft beer scene! Valgeir Valgeirsson of Borg Brugghús (brew house), and Steinn Stefánsson & the crew from the Icelandic Beer Academy talk Icelandic hops, sap, skyr, and cool collaborations. Emphasis on the cool. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jun 06, 2016•35 min•Ep. 165
Mead pioneer Sergio Moutela calls in to talk to us about the challenges and rewards of opening a meadery in New Jersey. The Garden State makes it tricky to ferment honey on a large scale; unlike other states, it doesn't count meaderies as a type of winery for registration purposes and has some acreage requirements. Along the way, we talk about "apple pie in a glass" and the basics of making a delicious mead. Pro tip: go for the quality honey. Melovino Meadery's award-winning products are availab...
May 23, 2016•42 min•Ep. 164
On this week's episode of Fuhmentaboudit! , hosts Mary, Chris, and Rachel are joined in the studio by Lana Guggenheim of Noah's Vice Meadery. Mead is essentially wine made with honey, and Lana has been brewing her own for about three years now. She is one half of Noah's Vice Meadery in New Jersey, the name of which refers to certain events depicted in the Book of Genesis. Tune in for this "official unofficial" Mead Week edition of... Fuhmentaboudit! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privac...
May 16, 2016•41 min•Ep. 163
It’s a brewerpalooza! Chris and Mary head off to the Blind Tiger to talk about the Beer Camp collaboration project: brewers from Sierra Nevada, Odell, Bear Republic, and more are being set up into supergroups to make even better beers than they could on their own. Sam Calagione (Dogfish Head) and Brian Grossman (Sierra Nevada) talk about this craft brewing project, what made it come about, and where you, the listener and consumer, can participate, support, and try the brews yourself! Also, after...
May 09, 2016•39 min•Ep. 162
