From an ancient Japanese mold to traditional Midwestern baking, this playlist introduces you to some of the geekiest corners of the culinary world.

An engineer by day, Rich Shih moonlights as Jean Dough, Koji Extraordinaire, by night. We’ll be talking about his hugely popular blog, Our Cook Quest, his crazy ferment projects — can you really umeboshi anything and everything?! — why he’s here in NYC this weekend, and the exciting projects he...

We reconnect with Tara Whitsitt, of Fermentation on Wheels, and author of the upcoming book of the same name. We chat about highlights and learnings from her journey around the country, some favorite ferments and what she is planning next.

Experienced homebrewers Dailey Crafton and Joey Dehnert are working with Harry Rosenblum (of Brooklyn Kitchen, host of Feast Yr Ears, author of Vinegar Revival) to curate and provide simple recipe kits shipped straight to you. We catch up with Harry about his forthcoming vinegar book, and learn all about Bierbox.co...

On the season finale of Fuhmentaboudit!, Mary, Chris and Rachel are joined by Madi Holtzman and Devin Hardy of Toast Ale, a beer brewed with surplus bread that would otherwise be wasted. Their special recipe combines toasted bread with malted barley (pale malt, CaraMalt, and Munich Malt), hops (Hallertau, Centennial...

This week on Fuhmentaboudit!, Mary, Chris and Rachel are joined by Rich Shih, a mechanical engineer by trade whose passion is kitchen experimentation. When a friend suggested he work with koji, he became interested in playing around with miso flavors. Rich also founded Our Cook Quest, which provides "informative and...

This week on Fuhmentaboudit!, joining Chris, Mary and Rachel in the studio is Jenny Dorsey, a professional chef and culinary consultant based in NYC. Along with her husband, she also curates I Forgot It's Wednesday, an underground restaurant, or "supper club." Fermented foods are an important part of these dinners...

This week on Fuhmentaboudit!, we're joined via phone by Marie Valgarðsson and Eyglo Björk Ólafsdóttir in Iceland! Marie Valgarðsson been very interested in all aspects of Icelandic life ever since she moved there with her Icelandic husband nearly nine years ago. She has written dozens of articles on how Icelandic...