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Trees, wood, flavor: the obsession of a woodland biologist
Trees have been on the earth for 390 million years, according to woodland biologist Artur Cisar-Erlach. Through photosynthesis, trees produce the air we breathe and form the soil beneath our feet.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readTrees have been on the earth for 390 million years, according to woodland biologist Artur Cisar-Erlach. Through photosynthesis, trees produce the air we breathe and form the soil beneath our feet. His obsession with wood started during his early training as a cabinet maker. He describes how Kenyans are using charcoal from trees in yogurt-making, and a Swiss cheesemaker is using the cambium layer of spruce trees to age cheese. His new book is “The Flavor of Wood.”
Artur Cisar-Erlach describes how parts of the tree impacts taste in certain food in “The Flavor of Wood.” Photo courtesy of Abrams.
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The full episode
3 of 6Seeds, soil science, flavors of wood, untamed food- 0:00Traveling inside fruit: a children’s reading about seeds
- 3:01Soil scientist wins the agricultural equivalent of Nobel Peace Prize
- 13:30Trees, wood, flavor: the obsession of a woodland biologistYou’re reading this
- 25:20From Borneo to Sweden, searching for the world’s last untamed foods
- 35:45Mastered sourdough? Nerd out over macroscopic mold
- 47:43Shutout from the farmer’s market, siblings explore their pivot options