A cook's initiation into the gorgeous world of mushrooms
By: Philippe Emanuelli, photographs by Frederic Raevens, translated by Martha Holmberg
Contributors: Raevens, Frédéric; Holmberg, Martha
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781452114453
Subjects: Cooking (Mushrooms)
Description: "This beautiful guide to buying, storing, and cooking more than 20 varieties of wild and cultivated mushrooms (and truffles!) also collects 125 mouthwatering recipes. More than 100 color photographs capture the unique characteristics and, indeed, the elegance, of each type of mushroom, providing tempting visuals for the 100 dishes featured in the book. An evocative object in itself, 'A Cook's Initiation into the Gorgeous World of Mushrooms' will be equally at home on a gourmet's kitchen countertop and a nature lover's coffee table."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: About mushrooms; title: Little lexicon of basics; title: Recipe index; title: Visual index of mushrooms; title: Recipes. Wild mushrooms ; Outdoor spores ; Cultivated mushrooms ; Dried mushrooms ; All that glitters is not gold; title: Preserves ; Featuring.