Maitake Tempura with Sweet Soy Braised Poblano Peppers

Maitake Tempura with Sweet Soy Braised Poblano Peppers

You all knew this one was coming–one can’t find a windfall of maitake and not make tempura with it. Maitake mushrooms, once what moisture was within it evaporates during the frying process, holds the crunch of the panko very well. It also retains its texture 

Garlic Miso Grilled Maitake with Yakiniku Style Citrus Scallion Sauce

Garlic Miso Grilled Maitake with Yakiniku Style Citrus Scallion Sauce

Fall is here and that means maitake mushrooms are out in full force! I finally crossed it off the bucket list of mushrooms that I wanted to find and eat this week when I came across several clusters nestled at the base of an oak 

Traditional Polish Chanterelle Egg Scramble

Traditional Polish Chanterelle Egg Scramble

I’m getting my bathroom renovated and the construction company is comprised of a group of hard working Polish immigrants and I’ve been giving them bags of produce to take home from my garden, where my tomatoes have exploded and I haven’t been able to keep 

Shakin’ Chanterelles

Shakin’ Chanterelles

On my bucket list of mushrooms to find, I knocked off chanterelles this year. I only have oysters and maitake left. I found the chanterelles quite by accident, when we went to my mother-in-laws for a swim in her pool, and again when I decided 

Black Trumpet Cream

Black Trumpet Cream

We went over to my mother-in-laws for a swim and I took a short walk through her woodsy backyard. Had it not been for my little daughter who excitedly shouted she found mushrooms, I would have completely missed the mass of black trumpets growing out 

Wild Mushroom Julienne

Wild Mushroom Julienne

I was getting a bit overwhelmed with the amount of mushrooms I had collected that were sitting in the freezer. I had about 2 pounds of various boletes and five pounds of trimmed chicken of the woods. A julienne seemed to be a great way 

Roasted Quail With Wild Mushroom Cream

Roasted Quail With Wild Mushroom Cream

Warning: This post contains descriptions of processing live backyard quail for consumption.  I hadn’t imagined I was going to be making this post any time soon, and rather believed it would have been much later in the year (or even the next) as my quail 

Bumpin’ Boletes

Bumpin’ Boletes

Disclaimer: The number 1 rule of foraging–don’t eat anything you’re not 200% sure in identification. If you can’t be sure, it might as well be fatally toxic. I’ll get into how I identified these but make sure you do your own research as well. I’ve 

Wild Mushroom (Bolete and Chicken of the Woods) Pasta Filling

Wild Mushroom (Bolete and Chicken of the Woods) Pasta Filling

My sister (follow her on IG @cibopathy) came over today to help make sense of the boletes popping up on my front lawn. We decided to do a ravioli because she was classically trained in Italian cooking and could teach me how to make pasta 

Winner, Winner, Chicken (of the Woods) Dinner!

Winner, Winner, Chicken (of the Woods) Dinner!

I’ve been having a lot of luck finding chicken of the woods around my neighborhood this year, and boy is it just as exciting the first time as it is all the times after. Laetiporus is a genus of edible mushrooms found on multiple continents,