Reviews and Comments

Pros: - Well balanced book with both theory/stories about how fermentation have shaped culture - Good representation of professionals that are not men involved in the food sector - A sensitivity, approach and set of values close to mine

Cons: - The writing style is not really engaging. I wanted to skim a lot of pages, because I got bored - Some inconsistency with smaller details or chapters being overly developed and others just browsed briefly

It was OK. I have sympathy for the author and trust in their genuine and informed interest on the topic. I got lost and bored when too many art references were added. It often felt like polluting a bit the matter with quirky and irrelevant art parallels talking about pieces that are very niche aka that no one knows about, so hard to relate to. I wish the book was shorter and more straight to the point.

Pathétique, un peu lourd et long... et à la fois très juste, très haletant. Une mise à nu sans honte, un décortiquage des sentiments amoureux et d'obsession dont je peux reconnaître l'essence. J'ai préféré les autres lectures d'Annie Ernaux, mais celui-ci vaut la peine, spécifiquement quand il fait écho à Passion Simple.

Frustrée que l'histoire s'arrête au bout de 40 pages, le format est curieux.

Je lui donne un 4, et une étoile supplémentaire pour la plume remarquable de Malcom Ferdinand.