num_pages: 344
description: With a dash of humor and a dollop of science Michael Kuo selects the top 100 mushrooms best suited for cooking. Like Kuos very popular book Morels  100 Edible Mushroom s is written in the authors inimitable engaging and appealing style taking the reader on the hunt through forest and kitchen in search of mycological pleasures and culinary delights. Kuo describes in detail how to identify each species where and when to find them and how to cook them in creative and delicious recipes. The mushrooms presented in the book are the most often eaten varieties and a description of the button mushrooms found in the grocery store is included. All of the mushrooms have at least one full-color illustration and some several more to aid in identifying and distinguishing look-alike and nonedible species. An indispensable book for mushroom hunters naturalists and cooks Michael Kuo an English teacher in Illinois is the developer of mushroomexpert.com a popular online resource for mushroom identification and morel hunting.
language: English
title: 100 Edible Mushrooms
publisher: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL