I know I've written about this event already. I know that I've written A LOT about DIY fermented food and drink on this blog -- about my hard cider adventures, cherry wine making, kimchi fermenting, kraut making and dandelion winemaking. I'm head over heels for fermented food.
If you are too then you'll forgive me for shouting out loud and clear once again that this THURSDAY, AUGUST 27TH Ecotrust is hosting the first PORTLAND FERMENTATION FESTIVAL with special guest Sandor Ellix Katz author of Wild Fermentation and The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved.
The event is open to whatever you want to bring -- fermented food and drink to share, products to sell, recipes, cultures etc. Or don't bring anything at all -- just come and enjoy some late summer skill sharing, talking, eating and drinking of all sorts of tasty food and drink.
As of now there will be a room full of tables and people and fermented food and drink. Everything else is up to what we make of it. Should be great.
Here's the press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Liz Crain 503.232.3548, lizcrain@gmail.com
For all other event inquiries Media Contact: Sandor Ellix Katz sandorkraut@wildfermentation.com
Portland Fermentation Festival @ Ecotrust THURSDAY, AUGUST 27th 6-8PM A free and open-to-the-public celebration of fermented food and drink. Bring kraut, try kraut. Bring miso, try miso. Come for fermented food and drink skill sharing, recipe sharing, tasting and more.
Portland Fermentation Festival Thursday, August 27th 6-8pm Ecotrust’s Billy Frank Jr. Conference Center 721 NW 9th Ave. Portland, OR All ages, open to the public FREE pdxfermentfest@gmail.com
Come celebrate pickling season at the very first Portland Fermentation Festival at Ecotrust with featured guest Sandor Ellix Katz, author of Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods. Taste and share homemade live, fermented food and drinks such as sour pickles, miso, kefir, cheese, hard cider, mead and more. Talk to fellow fermenters, exchange cultures and recipes, and get advice from local food fermentation enthusiasts.
If you have a homemade fermented food or drink that you'd like to share please bring at least a gallon of it for samples and 100 copies of your recipe to hand out. If you have fermentation cultures you'd like to share please bring those as well. There will be no on site refrigeration.
Spend $25 or more on any produce that can be fermented or pickled at the Thursday Ecotrust Farmers Market during the month of August and qualify for a prize drawing at the market on August 27th at 6pm. Pick up your Pickle Punch Card at the Ecotrust Farmers Market throughout the month of August.
Portland Fermentation Festival Thursday, August 27th 6-8pm Ecotrust’s Billy Frank Jr. Conference Center 721 NW 9th Ave. Portland, OR All ages, open to the public FREE pdxfermentfest@gmail.com
Check out these two awesome stories by Kelly Clarke arts and culture editor at Willamette Week: pre-Portland Fermentation Festivalpost-Portland Fermentation Festival with photos from the event