Growing up on the East Coast of the US. His interests span health and health, food, computers, music, mysteries, and two-wheeled vehicles.

In his evolving journey on the earth, he has discovered that one of his gifts is the ability to co-exist side-by-side with friendly bacteria. While others struggle with bacteria, Alex embraces them.

A graduate of Harvard, the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, he seeks to create a healthier and tastier world by spreading the good news about fermentation and real food. He leads fermentation classes and workshops in the US and abroad. He served on the opening board of the Boston Public Market, the only local, indoor, year-round market of its kind in the US. He is also involved with Boston Ferments, a non-profit that organizes and hosts fermentation-related events, including the Boston Fermentation Festival.

He has worked programming computers at various companies. His favorite computer language is Python, but he is open-minded. Sort of.

He lives in Cambridge, MA and Oakland, CA.

To learn more, visit http://www.FeedMeLikeYouMeanIt.com/ .