Cooking with mushrooms a fungi lover's guide to the world's most versatile, flavorful, health-boosting ingredients

"With an abundance of varieties, deep flavors, toothy textures, and strong medicinal power, mycelium is what we should all be eating more of! The benefits of a mushroom-rich diet have long been embraced in Asian and European cuisines, but until very recently, many home cooks in America have found th...

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Main Author: Gentl, Andrea (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Artisan Books, [2022]
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Summary:"With an abundance of varieties, deep flavors, toothy textures, and strong medicinal power, mycelium is what we should all be eating more of! The benefits of a mushroom-rich diet have long been embraced in Asian and European cuisines, but until very recently, many home cooks in America have found themselves limited to buttons and portobellos. Now Cooking with Mushrooms by Andrea Gentl offers 40 recipes that introduces readers to the world of mushrooms, from crimini to chanterelles to maitake, morels, and reishi. Whether it's savory mushroom porridge for breakfast, bucatini pasta with hen-of-the-woods for dinner, or even a lava cake made with brown butter and lion's mane for dessert-Gentl guides readers through the best uses of common and lesser-known mushrooms, with expert advice on how to store, clean, and dehydrate them for your pantry. There are main dishes like mushroom carnitas tacos that satisfy even more than meat; healing recipes like a golden turmeric, mushroom, and black garlic broth; inventive cocktails like a mezcal and mushroom Negroni; and staples like mushroom salt, paste, and other preserves that can elevate any dish with a boost of umami. In a stunning package featuring vibrant photographs by Gentl, Cooking with Mushrooms celebrates the beauty and culinary possibilities of these mighty mycelia"--
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:239 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
ISBN:9781648291500
1648291503
Author Notes:Andrea Gentl is an award-winning food and travel photographer and cookbook author. Over the span of her 30-year career, she has photographed the world's leading chefs and culinary pioneers while telling her own distinct story, through her images. It is from that perspective, as well as through extensive travel, that she writes, cooks, and creates. Gentl works in collaboration with her husband and partner, Martin Hyers. Her first book, Cooking with Mushrooms, was published in 2022 and won an award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals.