Adventures in Bubbles and Brine: What I learned from Nova Scotia's masters of fermented foods — craft beer, cider, cheese, sauerkraut and more.

Philip Moscovitch

James Lorimer & Company, Sep 3, 2019 - Cooking - 312 pages

From wine and beer to bread and cheese: many of our best-loved foods and drinks are the products of fermentation. In Adventures in Bubbles and Brine, fermentation enthusiast Philip Moscovitch takes us on a tour of Nova Scotian ferments, and introduces us to the people who have taken this food trend to heart. Enjoy the fascinating stories from their history and bookmark the recipes they share for you to try at home.

Fermenting may be popular now, but its roots in Nova Scotia go back centuries. Early French settlers grew grapes and apples for wine and cider while German immigrants brought their sauerkrautmaking traditions. And now, Nova Scotians are embracing a new wave of flavours, including spicy kimchi, bitter craft beers, artisanal cheeses and the addictively sour taste of kombucha.

Featuring photos, anecdotes and easy-to-follow recipes, Adventures in Bubbles and Brine digs into the origin of these foods, while delving into the science of fermentation and gut health, and tells you everything you need to know to start fermenting safely at home.

Contents

• Acknowledgements: 7
• List of Recipes: 9
• Introduction: 11
• 1 Sauerkraut The Classic Nova Scotia Ferment: 25
• Moon Tides and Kraut: 28
• Simple Sauerkraut: 32
• Cooking and Baking with Sauerkraut: 43
• 2 Fermenting the Harvest Enjoy Vegetables Yearround: 47
• Brined Garlic Scapes: 64
• Almost Instant Gratification Dill Pickles: 66
• Spicy Fermented Nettles: 69
• OneJar Kimchi: 73
• Kimchi for a Crowd: 76
• Spicy Fall Fruit Kimchi: 79
• 3 Preserving Meat Searching for a Cure: 85
• What s the Deal with Nitrates and Nitrites?: 102
• 4 Sudsy Stuf fBeer and Other Brews: 107
• A Few Varieties of Hops: 128
• Make Your Own Kombucha: 132
• Kombucha: 134
• Name That Beer: 140
• 5 Apple Cider Cheerfulness and Contentment: 145
• What s in a Name?: 147
• Cider Apples: 150
• Cider at Home: 152
• KitchenCounter Cider: 154
• Your Basic Dry Cider: 156
• Scrumpy and Perry: 168
• 6 Wine Finally Bearing Fruit: 179
• Making Country Wine: 184
• Country Wine: 186
• Nova Scotia Grape Varieties: 190
• LAcadie Blanc Nova Scotias Signature Grape: 197
• Making It Bubbly: 200
• Bruce Ewert s Minimalist Orange Wine: 203
• Down by the Tidal Bay: 204
• 7 Bread No Such Thing as a Perfect Loaf: 207
• Preferments: 208
• Foolproof Pan Grease: 222
• Make and Keep a Sourdough Starter: 224
• Not Very Instagrammable Bread: 232
• 8 The Dairy Best Cheese and Other Fermented Milk Products: 237
• What s Raw Milk and Will It Kill Me?: 240
• A Simple Homemade Cheese: 258
• Ricotta from Whole Milk: 262
• MakeatHome Yogurt: 264
• A Few Cheese Families: 268
• 9 Science Safety and Whats Going on in Your Gut: 275
• What is a Probiotic Anyway?: 277
• 10 Getting Geared Up What Youll Need to Start Fermenting at Home: 285
• The Salt Maker: 294
• Conclusion: 303
• Suggested Bibliography: 305
• Contacts and Addresses: 309
• Index: 311

About the author

PHILIP MOSCOVITCH started experimenting with home fermentation more than a decade ago: baking sourdough bread, making wine with fruit from his backyard, brewing kombucha and preserving vegetables. Soon, this passion led him to writing about fermentation too. A National Magazine Award finalist and a graduate of Master's in Creative Non-Fiction from the University of King's College, Philip has appeared often on CBC Radio and is a regular contributor to Saltscapes and Halifax Magazine. He lives with his family in Glen Margaret, near Halifax.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Adventures in Bubbles and Brine: What I learned from Nova Scotia's masters of fermented foods — craft beer, cider, cheese, sauerkraut and more.
• Author: Philip Moscovitch
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: James Lorimer & Company, 2019
• ISBN: 1459505816, 9781459505810
• Length: 312 pages
• Subjects: Cooking / General; Cooking / Methods / Canning & Preserving; Cooking / Methods / General; Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / Canadian