Foraging Microbes with Pascal Baudar — WildFed Podcast #155

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In this episode:

Pascal Baudar | Wild food and fermentation artist

Podcast discussion:

• Introducing Pascal

• Food preservation, foraging microbes, making ferments and uncovering terroir

• Pascal's seed collection methods

• The many uses of vinegar

• Making ceramics with wildcrafted clay

• Pascal's nomadic life

• What's next for Pascal

• Thoughts on the metaverse, social media and the technology of the future

• How to make change

• Closing thoughts

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Episode Resources: 

• Pascal’s website

• Pascal on Instagram: @pascalbaudar and @wildcraftedceramics

• Pascal’s books:

  • Wildcrafted Vinegars: Making and Using Unique Acetic Acid Ferments for Quick Pickles, Hot Sauces, Soups, Salad Dressings, Pastes, Mustards, and More

  • Wildcrafted Fermentation: Exploring, Transforming, and Preserving the Wild Flavors of Your Local Terroir

  • The Wildcrafting Brewer: Creating Unique Drinks and Boozy Concoctions from Nature's Ingredients

  • The New Wildcrafted Cuisine: Exploring the Exotic Gastronomy of Local Terroir

• Pascal’s upcoming classes

• Wildcrafted Ceramics

• Feeding Cahokia: Early Agriculture in the North American Heartland (Archaeology of Food) First Edition by Gayle J. Fritz

• Herbicide, Habitat & Edibility with Sam Thayer — WildFed Podcast #147

Wildcrafted Vinegars: Making and Using Unique Acetic Acid Ferments for Quick Pickles, Hot Sauces, Soups, Salad Dressings, Pastes, Mustards, and More Buy on Amazon

Wildcrafted Fermentation: Exploring, Transforming, and Preserving the Wild Flavors of Your Local Terroir Buy on Amazon

The Wildcrafting Brewer: Creating Unique Drinks and Boozy Concoctions from Nature's Ingredients Buy on Amazon

The New Wildcrafted Cuisine: Exploring the Exotic Gastronomy of Local Terroir Buy on Amazon

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Meet Pascal Baudar

Pascal Baudar is the author of Wildcrafted Vinegars (2022), Wildcrafted Fermentation (2020), The Wildcrafting Brewer (2018), and The New Wildcrafted Cuisine (2016). A self-described “culinary alchemist,” he leads classes in traditional food preservation techniques. Through his business, Urban Outdoor Skills, he has introduced thousands of home cooks, celebrity chefs, and foodies to the flavors offered by their wild landscapes. In 2014, Baudar was named one of the most influential local tastemakers by Los Angeles Magazine.

Website | Instagram @pascalbaudar