Taming the wild mushroom : a culinary guide to market foraging / by Arleen Rainis Bessette and Alan E. Bessette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bessette, Arleen Rainis, 1951- author.

Bessette, Alan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking (Mushrooms).

Edible mushrooms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1993.

Summary:

Many mushroom hunters prefer to do their foraging in the marketplace, where all the mushrooms are clearly labeled and safely edible. With this fact in mind, Arleen and Alan Bessette have written Taming the Wild Mushroom, one of the first cooking guides devoted exclusively to choosing and preparing the mushroom species now available in many grocery stores, supermarkets, and natural and whole foods markets. A dozen wild and cultivated species are covered in the book, including White Button, King Bolete, Oyster, Chanterelle, Morel, Paddy Straw, Wood Ear, Shiitake, Enokitake, White Matsutake, Black Truffle, and Wine-cap Stropharia. Easy-to-understand descriptions and excellent color photographs of each species help market foragers choose mushrooms in peak condition. Fifty-seven original, species-specific recipes, from appetizers, soups, and salads to meat and vegetarian entrees to sauces and accompaniments, offer dozens of ways to savor the familiar and exotic flavors of these mushrooms. A mouth-watering photograph accompanies each recipe.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

The Recipes

Main Courses

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SELECTING, PRESERVING, AND COOKING MUSHROOMS

3. MUSHROOMS IN THE MARKETPLACE

White Button

KING BOLETE

Oyster Mushroom

Chanterelle

Morel

Paddy Straw Mushroom

Wood Ear

Shiitake

Enokitake

White Matsutake

Black Truffle

WINE-CAP STROPHARIA

4. BEYOND THE MARKETPLACE

APPENDIX A. Equivalents and Substitutions for Common Ingredients

APPENDIX B. Conversion Tables

RECOMMENDED READING

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-109) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780292753945

0292753942

OCLC:

851511385