Mushroom / Johnny Acton & Nick Sandler ; with photography by Jonathan Lovekin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Acton, Johnny.

Contributor:

Sandler, Nick.

Laurie Burrows Grad Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mushrooms.

Cooking (Mushrooms).

Mushrooms--Folklore.

Penn Provenance:

Grad, Laurie Burrows (donor)

Physical Description:

160 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

First Lyons Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, 2001.

Summary:

For thousands of years, people have been fascinated by mushrooms. They have been beguiled by their beauty and haunted by their potential to do harm. They have treasured them for their medicinal and trace-inducing properties and delighted in their succulent taste. Always, they have marvelled at their seemingly miraculous appearance. And they have gone to incredible lengths to seek out the choicest varieties or to learn to cultivate the few varieties that will allow it. Mushrooms are more than just a food, so this is more than just a cookbook. Written by two men who grow pale with anticipation every time autumn draws near, mushroom seeks to communicate the very essence of their passion. Everything is here, from an insight into the extraordinary role of fungi in history and folklore to a vivid transmission of the thrill of the mushroom hunt itself. But above all, mushrooms are to be eaten, and at the heart of the book are its seventy superb recipes. Some feature familiar varieties, others introduce species that are less well known, but all are imbued with the spirit of the mushrooms themselves. In a world where so much of our food production is bland and mechanized, mushrooms remain for the most part tantalizingly beyond human control. As such, they are one of our last links with our ancestors. Read this book and connect with the wild in you.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Mushrooms of the gods 8

Chapter 2 Family life 18

Chapter 3 The wild heavyweights 34

Chapter 4 The taming of the shroom 80

Chapter 5 Mushrooms of love 96

Chapter 6 Oddballs 114.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Laurie Burrows Grad.

ISBN:

1585744611

9781585744619

OCLC:

49631065

Online:

Laurie Burrows Grad Collection Home Page