Hi, I'm Sam, a chef turned gardener, fermenter & author. I write practical fermentation and cookery recipes, & seasonal essays on flavour, culture & the living world from a small farm in West Wales.
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How Mustard and Wasabi Keep Mould and Kahm Yeast at Bay
A Fermented Tomato Turşu Recipe and an Almost Immortal Bread Roll
I first came across this idea during a conversation with Haruko Uchishiba, my friend and koji mentor, after she uncovered the top of a miso crock to reveal a completely smoo...
The Endangered World of Traditional Yoghurt
Sam here, briefly, before I hand you back over to , better known as the Milk Trekker.
Earlier this week I introduced Trevor properly through our interview, where we talked about his extraordinary life travelling amongst cheesemakers, pasto...
Meet the Milk Trekker: A Life Among Living Cultures
This week, I have a very special guest who has agreed to write an article for us. When I first came across the work of Trevor Warmedahl, also known as Milk Trekker on social media, I couldn’t quite work out how this mythical being had manag...
Koji-Cultured Butter: The Butteriest Butter
My most-requested technique, finally written down
Of all the techniques I’ve shared, this is one of the ones I am asked about most often by chefs and curious cooks. Koji-cultured butter has acquired something close to holy-grail status in...
Fine-Tuning Wild-Fermented Ginger Beer & Ginger Bug
Testing two ways of making ginger bug & making the best homemade ginger beer
It’s that time of year when evenings grow noticeably colder and heavy autumn showers come rumbling in from across the sea and sit lazy atop the hills surrounding...
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Chef, fermenter, gardener, and author. I spend most of my time at the farm or in the kitchen, accompanied by my trusty camera.
Nomadic natural cheesemaker documenting dairy pastoralism and milk fermentation while traveling, volunteering, and teaching. Author: Cheese Trekking
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