Photo credit: Cuatro Bacterias Fermento Co., Jenny Novoa

Check out the workshops at Short Mountain Cultures including Miso Making with Sandor Katz.

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Cheesemaking: Feta Cheese, Cream Cheese & Sour Cream at Short Mountain Cultures
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Corn and Fields: Everything from Corn Chowder to Corn Nuts
Feta, Sour Cream, & Yogurt at Appalachian Center for Craft
Vegan Cheeses at Short Mountain Cultures
Introduction to Fermentation and Natural Cheesemaking at John C. Campbell Folk School
Hot Sauces & Fiery Condiments at Short Mountain Cultures
Fermented Foods Talk & Taste at Short Mountain Cultures
Beyond Sauerkraut and Kimchi: Vegetable Fermentation Immersion at the Midsouth Women's Herbal Conference
baskets of fresh peaches and fermentation station shelves filled with carboys, jars, and crocks
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damson plums in wood boxes and fermentation station in the background
cut up natural cheese with cloth wrapping
hand holding basket of morel mushrooms
Soiree-Leone laughing and workshop participant stirring curd
two large glass jars of corn fermenting sour corn
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natural cloth wrapped aged cheese with molds
fermentation station with jars of tofuru koji furry tofu
boxes of tomatoes on floor waiting to be canned
unloading jars of home canned chicken from pressure canner
wild fermented shoyu in glass container and jug with filter and funnel
cheese on cutting board with hot peppers fermenting in the background
Soiree-Leone smiling in front of bushes
bottling wild peach wine from carboy into jugs
pressure canners with supplies for canning workshop in barn
loaves of sourdough bread on cooling rack
dish with salt and goose egg yolks and tub of grapefruit in the background
three pots on a stove steaming grains for making miso
molded half rounds of rendered beef tallow
half gallon jars of raw cow milk on a kitchen counter
Soiree-Leone jumping for joy in a driveway with trees in the background
jars of raw skipjack tuna on a counter ready to be lidded and pressure canned
multiple jars with pickled eggs and plate with the pickled eggs cut in half
field on a farm with buckets with peppers
cheese in butter muslin draining into bucket with crock and bowls off to the side
hand holding mozzarella cheese over a bucket filled with mozzarella cheese
interior of home cheese cave with cheeses and other ferments
hand holding scraps of napa with kimchi paste applied wild fermentation
Soiree-Leone, Mara King, Sandor Katz with clothes drying on line and trees in the background
cheese in paper on a counter natural cheesemaking
bowl of kefir wild cheese coated in sumac and other herbs and soaking in olive oil
small round-ish kefir cheese on a white plate
half full jar of wild shoyu on a shelf between a crock and a container of hot peppers fermentation station
makeshift double boilers for melting beeswax on an electric hot plate outside for inoculating mushroom logs
fermentation incubator open with four koji trays
jar containing light yellow sauce and labeled haulin' daisy aka hollandaise sauce
large glass jar full of vinegar and ingredients for fire cider
Soiree-Leone putting curds in cheese basket cheesemaking workshop in barn
truck doors open and interior filled with various baskets, boxes, suitcase, camping gear, etc.
earth tone speckled handmade plate and grater with grated salted goose egg yolk
hand holding gosling
furry tofu on bamboo mat
counter with mangoes and pineapples with buckets wild fermentation homstead
fruits on butcher block counter with knives in the background
peach galette, potato salad, banana bread and other foods
fire cider ingredients on a counter with scale
fire cider in a crock
stack of feta style cheese on white mesh tray with knife rack in background
jars filled with cheese and herbs on a counter
Soiree-Leone chatting about a friend's homemade wines next to tables with a buffet
jug filled with fermented beverage in a bucket to catch any overflow and other foods on counter
hacked upright freezer for fermentation incubation outside on a purple deck
several bowls and containers filled with ingredients to make kimchi
curds and whey in large stainless steel pot with spoon in cheesemaking workshop
several croissants on cooling racks on a counter
lidded stoneware crock wrapped in towels and labeled cream cheese, do not disturb
large cloth wrapped cheese on a bamboo mat in a white plastic tray natural cheesemaking
closet filled with large bulk storage bins
urban garden with two people smiling
slices of chickpea tofu on a cutting board with a knife
Soiree-Leone holding a cooled jar of pressure canned chicken
large basket filled with cheesemaking gear on a purple deck
sliced beef on a cutting board
large bowl of apples in busy kitchen
small round kefir cheese on a bamboo mat with kitchen in background
Soiree-Leone holding a goose egg yolk aged in salt for two years
apple cider simmering in a roasting pan across two burners on a stove
apple cider syrup cooked down in a stainless roasting pan
Soiree-Leone teaching a cheesemaking workshop Nashville fermentation festival
Soiree-Leone's hand next to a 5-pound cloth wrapped and coated with lard l cheese
large jar of hot sauce fermenting with cloth over the top wild fermentation
Soiree-Leone holding a jar of schmaltz over a pot of cracklings