The Art of Vegetable Fermentation

with Sarah Kersten, founder of Handmade and Counter Culture Pottery

Saturday, November 16, 6:00-7:30PM

Homestead Apothecary, 486 49th Street,  #C, Oakland, 510-495-6549

$30

http://homesteadapothecary.com/vegetable-fermentation-workshop

http://www.sarahkersten.com

“Please Bring a knife and cutting board, all other materials will be provided.

Sarah is a fermented foods devotee and advocate from California, where she runs her small housewares design business, Sarah Kersten Handmade. Sarah fused her passion for fermentation with her lifelong obsession with pottery by developing Counter Culture Pottery Jars: beautiful, functional vegetable fermentation vessels designed for making fermented vegetables at home.

Recognized as the highest quality fermentation jar available, Counter Culture Pottery has been featured on QuitoKEETO, 101 Cookbooks, theKitchn, Remodelista, and in San Francisco Magazine. Her other ceramic work is directly geared towards home cooking and a whole food-based lifestyle.

Making fermented foods for herself, her friends, and her family since 2009, and Sarah will be passing on all of her philosophy and knowledge during this simple evening workshop. The basic principles and benefits of vegetable fermentation will be explained and participants will leave with confidence to continue exploring vegetable fermentation in their home kitchens post workshop. Sarah will demonstrate how to use her signature Fermentation Jar and will also explain how to make fermented foods without any fancy equipment. Participants will leave with one quart of sauerkraut and one quart of carrots prepared to ferment at home.

Sarah’s Vegetable Fermentation Crocks will be for sale at the workshop. The unique water seal function of the jars allows ferments to ferment for a longer duration than would otherwise be possible, while eliminating many issues that commonly occur during the fermentation process. The jars are aesthetically designed to be appreciated during home use for generations.”