bonito miso mushroom soup

i’ve been on a diet so i went to the korean grocery to stock up. asian food is killer delish & unbelievably healthy. massive bags of fresh shitake shrooms. check. dark bonito miso. check. 7 kinds of exotic dried mushrooms. probably 50 kinds of seaweed frozen, dried & fresh. live conch. all kinds of crabs [...]

amaranth porcini miso soup

this was an experiment. i wanted a grain with this because the brown rice miso & rich porcini & shitake mushrooms also wanted it. i did not have any wild or brown rice & i just could not bring myself to use anything else. until i pulled out the often ignored jar of amaranth. soak [...]

cream of wild mushroom soup

it’s been quite cold & i have a hard time thinking of much more than potatoes & soups. this soup is made from what i have leftover in my fridge. it turned out remarkable. 1 med. yellow onion chopped 7 cloves of garlic fine chop 2 T. butter 2 cups mushrooms-any kind. i used hedgehogs [...]

wild mushroom tamal w/salsa negra

i have made tamales many times. this is the first time i am using unusual wild mushrooms because i recently gained access to a stand up comedian who forges them. i bought 4 kinds from him. chanterelle, giant oyster, yellow foots & hedgehogs. i am thrilled because i’m a tad obsessed with mushrooms. my entire [...]

handmade 3 cheese ravioli in wild mushroom sauce

a friend gave me a hand crank pasta machine last winter. he had 2. half a year later i decided to get over my irrational fear of it. what started the idea was the fact that i’ve had a cast iron ravioli press from the 1950s my whole life. i thought it was gone until [...]

autumn mushroom soup with sour cream

1 oz dried chanterelles 1 oz dried porcini 1 oz dried oyster mushrooms 8 oz fresh crimini 2 small yellow onions 2 small yellow potatoes 4 cloves garlic sliced thin olive oil butter salt pepper thyme 4 cups veggie stock 1/2 cup orzo sour cream-optional soak the dried mushrooms in 1 cup warm water for [...]