Los Angeles Times Best Cookbooks 2020 Saveur Magazine ""Favorite Cookbook to Gift"" Esquire Magazine Best Cookbooks of 2020 ""The book weaves in reflections on art, religion, culture, music, and more, so even if you're not an epicure, there's something for everyone."" Men's Journal Bestselling author Sandor Katz -an ""unlikely rock star of the American food scene"" New York Times , with over 500,000 books sold -gets personal about the deeper meanings of fermentation. In 2012, Sandor Ellix Katz published The Art of Fermentation, which quickly became the bible for foodies around the world, a runaway bestseller, and a James Beard Book Award winner. Since then his work has gone on to inspire countless professionals and home cooks worldwide, bringing fermentation into the mainstream. In Fermentation as Metaphor, stemming from his personal obsession with all things fermented, Katz meditates on his art and work, drawing connections between microbial communities and aspects of human culture - politics, religion, social and cultural movements, art, music, sexuality, identity, and even our individual thoughts and feelings. He informs his arguments with his vast knowledge of the fermentation process, which he describes as a slow, gentle, steady, yet unstoppable force for change. Throughout this truly one-of-a-kind book, Katz showcases.