Tara Whitsitt: Fermentation on Wheels

Tara Whitsitt

I talked to Tara Whitsitt, who in 2013 converted a school bus into the fermentation lab and workspace Fermentation on Wheels. Since then, she has traveled more than 12,000 miles across the country, welcoming eager students onto her bus to teach them all about fermentation.

Also in this episode of The Splendid Table:

  • Filmmaker Gelb documents chefs’ obsessions in new Netflix series, Chef’s Table
    For the Netflix series Chef’s Table, filmmaker David Gelb followed six chefs from around the world. The chefs have “courage, relentlessness and a purity of vision that they refuse to compromise,” Gelb says.
  • How to grow microgreens, sprouts and shoots on your kitchen counter
    No matter what time of year it is, Elizabeth Millard always has fresh vegetables. The author of Indoor Kitchen Gardening grows everything from carrots to kale inside.
  • Diana Henry: Chicken doesn’t have to be bland or boring



About David Leite

I count myself lucky to have received three James Beard Awards for my writing as well as for Leite’s Culinaria. My work has also appeared in The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Saveur, Bon Appรฉtit, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Yankee, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and more.


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