Cooks & Books: Do Ferment with Matthew Pennington & Nicola Cradock

Matthew Pennington is co-author of The Ethicurean Cookbook and co-founder of The Ethicurean restaurant, renowned for its commitment to sustainable practices and innovative approach.

Over its decade-long reign, it was featured BBC Gardeners World, Countryfile, Escape to the Country and Channel 4's Hidden Restaurants with Michel Roux Jr.

Together with his partner Nicola Cradock, he now runs Ethicurean Life, an online platform and community exploring regenerative food, microbiome health and the art of wholesome living. They also teach classes on fermentation, foraging, cooking, and making wild drinks.

Both Matthew and Nicola join us to talk, demo and dish out tasters for their new book Do Ferment: Gut Boosters and Foods that Fizz, part of the fantastic Do Books series.

Know your kimchi from your sauerkraut? Your kefir from your kvass?

In Do Ferment, culinary experts Matthew Pennington and Nicola Cradock demystify the process of food fermentation.

Drawing on years of experimenting, tasting and refining at the award-winning Ethicurean restaurant, they show you how to transform everyday ingredients into vibrant foods and nutritious drinks.

From beetroot and caraway sauerkraut to 'pea’ckles', elderflower water kefir and classic kimchi, you'll learn the basic techniques to ferment almost anything.

Discover...

The remarkable power of lactobacillus.

Why fermented foods are essential for gut health.

How to build a weekly rotation of ferments in your kitchen.

With beautiful photography, Do Ferment provides easy-to-follow techniques that will make fizzy ferments part of your everyday. Just grab some salt, a few jars and get started.