The Mushroom Hunter's Kitchen: A Culinary Homage to Wild and Cultivated Mushrooms - with 120 Recipes

With 120 recipes for everything from dinner to dessert, The Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen will make you a better mushroom cook and open your eyes to the extraordinary culinary potential of the fungi kingdom

"From one of the mycological world’s most beloved chefs, this is Just. So. Delicious. The Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen belongs in the kitchen not only of every mushroom hunter, but every mushroom lover."? Eugenia Bone, food and nature writer and editor of Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook

Whether you get your mushrooms from the supermarket or straight from the forest floor, The Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen will help you make the most of your haul.

Because the right cooking method can transform a mushroom from meh to mouthwatering, professional chef and mushroom foraging expert Chad Hyatt starts by sharing the best techniques to use for dozens of varieties, from the humble button mushroom to the revered morel, the common oyster mushroom to the elusive huitlacoche.

Next, he shares his favorite recipes for making mushrooms the highlight of any meal:

• Preserves and Condiments: Salt-Preserved Mushrooms; Pickled Matsutake; Chanterelle–Meyer Lemon Marmalade

• Breakfast: Savory Mushroom Crepes; Oyster Mushroom Chilaquiles

• Salads and Apps: Roasted Vegetable and Mushroom Salad with Black Trumpet Vinaigrette; Spanish Tortilla with Potatoes and Mushrooms

• Soups and Stews: White Button Ajoblanco; Saffron Milk Cap Stew with Pork Belly and Potatoes

• Pastas: Lion’s Mane Cannelloni; Cauliflower Mushroom Carbonara

• Hearty Entrées: Polenta with Mixed Mushroom Ragout; Lobster Mushroom Enchiladas

• Desserts: Chanterelle and Persimmon Galette; Blueberry-Porcini Ice Cream; Flourless Agaricus Almond Cake