A dozen wild and cultivated species are covered in the book, including White Button, King Bolete, Oyster, Chanterelle, Morel, Paddy Straw, Wood Ear, Shiitake, Enokitake, White Matsutake, Black Truffle, and Wine-cap Stropharia. Easy-to-understand descriptions and excellent color photographs of each species help market foragers choose mushrooms in peak condition. Fifty-seven original, species-specific recipes, from appetizers, soups, and salads to meat and vegetarian entrees to sauces and accompaniments, offer dozens of ways to savor the familiar and exotic flavors of these mushrooms. A mouth-watering photograph accompanies each recipe.
Arleen Rainis Bessette is an amateur mycologist and botanical photographer, as well as a professional psychologist. Alan E. Bessette is a professional mycologist, coauthor of the bestselling Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide, and Professor of Biology at Utica College of Syracuse University.