This book offers a clear road map for preserving fruits, vegetables,and fish through a traditional, farmer or fisherman-centric into a Western cooking repertoire. An essential backdrop to the 125 recipes outlined in this book are portraits of the producers and artisanal products used to make these salted and fermented foods. Recipe methods range from the ultra-traditional to the modern.

More than a cookbook, Preservation: The Art and Science of Canning, Fermentation and Dehydration demystifies the scientific concepts that inform the methods of food preservation in an easy to understand way. Taking Julia Child as her inspiration, certified Master Food Preserver Christina Ward has collected and translated both the scientific and experiential information that has long been the sole domain of academic scientists and elite chefs. Fueled...