Handbook of fermented functional foods, second edition, 2008.
Presenting new findings and interpretations that point even more clearly to the important role fermented foods play in our diet and overall health, this second edition demonstrates the current knowledge of fermented food production and reflects the growing credibility of probiotics in health maintenance.
You can read a lot of it online.
Nice to see that a collected canon of fermentation wisdom exists. But at $160 I’ll wait for something leaner. But it’s very cool.