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About Wild Mushrooms: A Cookbook And Foraging Guide
Product Description "Whether you get your mushrooms from the supermarket or the forest floor, a worthy addition to your library." — Star Tribune Get ready to fall in love with wild mushrooms! Absolutely everything you need to know to make mushrooming a lifestyle choice, from finding, storing, preserving, and preparing common and unusual species. Packed with content and lore from more than 20 skilled foragers around the country, Wild Mushrooms will help mushroom hunters successfully utilize their harvest, and includes practical information on transporting, cleaning, and preserving their finds. One of the best things about cooking wild mushrooms is that every time you open your dried caches, their unique aroma recalls your foraging experience creating an immediate and visceral connection back to the forest. There is no finer way to appreciate food. You will not only learn the best ways to locate, clean, collect, and preserve your mushrooms from the experts, the book will also discuss safety and edibility, preservation techniques, mushroom sections and flavor profiles, and more. Recipes will be categorized by mushroom species, with 115 recipes in total. Recipes include: Smoked Marinated Wild Mushrooms Black Trumpet, Blood Orange, and Beet Salad Maitake Beef Stew Candy Cap and Walnut Scones Baked Brie with Chanterelle Jam Porcini with Braised Pork Medallions Yellowfoot Mushroom Tart And more! From pickling to rich duxelles, soups, salads, and even mushroom teas, tinctures, jams, and ice cream, these recipes and invaluable insider tips will delight everyone from the most discerning mycophiles to brand new fungus fanatics. Review " Wild Mushrooms is a wonderful book and at under 20 bucks an absolute steal. You must get it, no matter if you collect mushrooms on the West Coast or East, or somewhere in between. And even if you're not into cooking wild mushrooms—there is plenty more about this book to make it a must-have. If you are a pro at cooking mushrooms, you will still find new ideas to try plus get a load of those great photos. Or maybe you are the kind of forager that doesn't have a lot of confidence with your skills in the kitchen, or you simply don't feel like you know what to do with wild mushrooms once you've gotten them home—either way this book is still for you." — FUNGI magazine "This is a one-stop reference for anyone interested in foraging mushrooms—then figuring out to do with their haul. Covering everything from forest etiquette, to the various ways in which to preserve mushrooms, to 115 diverse and well-thought-out recipes for 15 different kinds of mushrooms, to tips for avoiding gastric upset and other undesired effects, this will you up your game, from novice enthusiast to connoisseur." — FoodPrint "Full of gorgeous photographs, [this] cookbook is a go-to guide for anyone who loves to hunt or cook with wild mushrooms. Along with tips on harvesting etiquette and kitchen tricks, it includes chapters on preservation and cooking techniques. (Did you know you can candy chanterelles or infuse mushrooms with alcohol?) Then it’s on to recipes from 25 skilled foragers around the country. There are 115 in all, covering 15 different varieties of culinary fungi—everything from jams and soups to jerky and pasta dishes, using favorites such as chicken of the woods, oyster, morels and porcini mushrooms." — Pittsburgh Post Gazette "This book of marvels is generous of heart and imbued with the deep sensitivity of true foragers. The Blizzards have the rare gift of intimately knowing these wild mushrooms like old friends: their unique personalities, their eccentric culinary traits, and the special secrets to keeping them a part of your life and kitchen all year long. The superb recipes and preservation methods make this book the best wild mushroom forager’s guide to date." —Connie Green, Wine Forest Wild Foods, author of The Wild Table "Trent and Kristen have done a great job compiling recipes fr
