Foraged Foods
Miso-Kabocha Risotto with Maitake Mushrooms
This fusion of Italian and Japanese elements work as a perfect backdrop to show off the prized Maitake or Hen of the Woods wild mushroom.
Foraged Foods
Vietnamese Bún with Puffball Mushroom
Bún is a traditional Vietnamese dish of rice vermicelli noodles topped with meat, veggies, and sometimes chopped spring rolls. It is served with nước chấm, a bracing sauce made primarily of fish sauce.
Foraged Foods
Seared Wild Goose and Duck Hearts with Hazelnut-Sage Oil
These seared wild goose and duck hearts are unbelievably tasty, especially with a hazelnut-sage oil drizzled over them!
Foraged Foods
Smoked Za’atar Puffball Mushroom
Manakish is a Levantine dish consisting of pita bread, slathered in za’atar, cheese, or minced meat and baked, almost like an Arabic pizza. Giving puffball mushrooms a similar treatment makes for seasoned crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside deliciousness!
Beef
Mapo ‘Mushroom’ with Giant Puffball
With it’s likeness to soft tofu, giant puffball mushroom works wonderfully in its place in this classic spicy Sichuan dish.