The Sun Magazine — My Interview with Sandor Ellix Katz
May 6th, 2010
Meet my hero -- Sandor Ellix Katz.
In January 2009 I had the pleasure of flying to Nashville to interview my hero Sandor Ellix Katz for one of my favorite publications The Sun Magazine. It was a dream come true trip and now nearly a year and a half later the interview is in this month’s issue!
Sandor is an inspiration and he’s changed my life in many ways. I got a copy of his first book Wild Fermentation when it came out in 2003 just a few months after moving to Portland, Oregon. In the years since I’ve reached for that book on my kitchen bookshelf more times than I count. From it I’ve learned how to make sauerkraut, sour pickles, fruit wine, dandelion wine and much more. It’s my kind of book — lots of back to basics recipes, well researched culinary history and culture, and funny and insightful personal anecdotes. In other words, so much more than a straight-up cookbook.
When Sandor’s second book came out — The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved — I got my hands on it the week it released. More learning, more inspiration, more discoveries. I’ve written about Sandor and interviewed him many times and every time I feel all the wiser.
Meet my hero — Sandor Ellix Katz.
The Sun Magazine interview with Sandor Ellix Katz
www.thesunmagazine.org
I never thought this day would come...
That’s really cool! Congratulations, and thanks for sharing your admiration: I need to check him out. I love The Sun too!
Thanks so much! You are going to love the pants off Wild Fermentation. I think it’s right up your alley.
I went to the Spring Garden Sale because of you! I kept my eyes peeled for you but wasn’t lucky enough. It was really fun and I didn’t even break the bank which I was worried about…
I felt like such a goof when I met him at the Ferment Fest last summer. “You’re my hero!” was about all I could blubber. That’s so awesome that you could visit him in Nashville. Did you go up to the farm? I would love to go there for one of his workshops…
That’s not goofy at all! Yep, after spending the morning at a nearby farm we went to Short Mountain Sanctuary and spent some of the afternoon there. It was a dream come true. I highly recommend getting there for one of Sandor’s workshops. Nashville’s really fun too…