Wild Mushrooms

Name: Wild Mushrooms
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781510749436
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A Cookbook and Foraging Guide

By Kristen Blizzard and Trent Blizzard

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Wild Mushrooms by Kristen Blizzard and Trent Blizzard is a captivating guide that delves into the world of foraging, identifying, and cooking wild mushrooms. This book combines expert advice on mushroom identification with delicious recipes, offering readers a comprehensive introduction to safely enjoying these forest treasures in their culinary creations.
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Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

You might enjoy this book if you're captivated by foraging and wish to delve into the culinary potential of wild mushrooms. It's a tasty adventure into understanding, finding and cooking with mushrooms, perfect for anyone interested in transforming natural ingredients into exquisite dishes.

Wild Mushrooms

Get ready to fall in love with wild mushrooms! Absolutely everything you need to know to make mushrooming a lifestyle choice. Packed with content and lore from more than 30 skilled foragers around the country, Forage to Table will help mushroom hunters successfully utilize their harvest, and includes practical information on transporting, cleaning

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Get ready to fall in love with wild mushrooms! Absolutely everything you need to know to make mushrooming a lifestyle choice is right here. Packed with content and lore from more than 30 skilled foragers around the country, Forage to Table will help mushroom hunters successfully utilise their harvest. It 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, but the book will also discuss safety and edibility, preservation techniques, mushroom sections and flavour profiles, and more.

Recipes will be categorised by mushroom species, with approximately 75 recipes in total. Recipes include:

Winter salad with warm chanterelle bacon vinaigrette
Trent's famous chanterelle duxelles
Curry puffs with pickled porcini slaw
Long life reishi tea
Chanterelle & apricot ice cream
Maitake stroganoff
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.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Wild Mushrooms is praised as an indispensable resource for both novice and experienced foragers and cooks. It offers 115 creative recipes and expert advice on collecting, preserving, and cooking a variety of wild mushrooms. The book is noted for its stunning photography, comprehensive tips, and engaging storytelling from seasoned foragers, making it a valuable addition to any culinary library.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781510749436

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 October 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Sky Pony Press

Illustration: 150 Color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 1177g

Pages: 304

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Cook Books & Recipes Cooking & Food Kristen Blizzard Non-Fiction Trent Blizzard

About the Author

Kristen and Trent Blizzard are self-proclaimed "mushroom geeks" and are the creators behind the blog modern-forager.com. They've been trekking the Rocky Mountains and beyond mostly with mushrooms in mind for nearly a decade. At first a hobby, the hunt for fungi quickly became nothing short of an obsession for these two. They have built a lifestyle around foraging-everywhere they go provides a new opportunity to learn about local mycology, and they are bothcertified wild mushroom identification experts in Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Theyreside in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.