Food & Wine

“The West Coast is about to burn off the map” As stated on WPS today! So you can imagine it’s NOT a good time to forage in the woods for mushrooms. In fact, all the national parks and forests are closed now in California. Our house and cars are covered wi...  

Part 1 described how we found the mushrooms at the farm. Sorry they are not foraging now either, because the hot, dry, fire-ravaged conditions in California do not permit collecting wild mushrooms this year. So we are happy to be safe and use farmed mushr...  

And also for the great recipe! And... also for the humorous PS with the Jaguar! Best regards. René

Thanks Cazalea for the beautiful tour and I am sure it was a great relaxed day, especially with the wine.

but it was relaxing none the less. Thanks for reading! Cazalea

about how they are grown, at least in Cali.

Only underground in limestone tunnels excavated for fancy chateau. I’ve been o several tours there in the Loire valley. Mike

It was possible to buy a home kit of mushroom medium, with the spores already inside. We poked holes in the plastic bag, kept it in a dark humid spot, and oyster mushrooms came out for a 4-5 week crop. I have never been a mushroom hunter in the wild, but ...  

Mushrooms are, who could ever imagine a plant growing like this, and we eat them!! The world is such an interesting place.

Seems like a good “theme” for 2020.