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With little more than time, patience and basic equipment, the humblest of ingredients can be transformed into nutritious foods with an astonishing range of benefits for our gut health, immunity and daily mood. Including practical tips and some of his favourite recipes, the book cuts through myths and misunderstanding to help us navigate the fascinating world of ferments and shows how they can help improve our health, our meal times and our planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[911],"product_tag":[27067,5921,99],"class_list":["post-109926","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-health","product_tag-cookery-preserving-freezing","product_tag-food-beverage-technology","product_tag-popular-science","pa_book_author-spector-tim","pa_cover-hardback","pa_dewey-664-024-edition23","pa_imprint-jonathan-cape","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8500","pa_publisher-jonathan-cape","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ferment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From the world-leading gut scientist and no. 1 bestselling author of Food for Life, comes an introduction to the life-changing benefits of fermentationOf all the ways to prepare food, fermenting is surely the most mysterious, miraculous and misunderstood. 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