Sandor Ellix Katz’s books Wild Fermentation and The Art of Fermentation, which won the James Beard award, have helped to catalyze a broad revival of the fermentation arts. A self-taught experimentalist who lives in rural Tennessee, Sandor was honored in 2014 with the Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern Foodways Alliance. His most recent book is Sandor Katz’s Fermentation Journeys: Recipes, Techniques, and Traditions from around the World.