Essays and Stories
You Can Go Home Again
An inability to travel far and wide can lead you to focus on familiar spaces, to recall old memories - and create new ones.
Essays and Stories
An inability to travel far and wide can lead you to focus on familiar spaces, to recall old memories - and create new ones.
Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi
Classic pasta primavera the way Le Cirque used to make it back in the 1980s: Angel hair with fresh spring vegetables and cream.
Mushrooms
Porcini powder is a powerful way to add savory flavors to whatever it is you are cooking. Here's how to make it at home.
Mushrooms
Chinese red-cooked, braised mushrooms are a warm, wintry way to enjoy any meaty mushroom.
Pheasant, Grouse, Quail
A simple woodcock recipe you can do in a pan. Serve this with wild rice, roasted mushrooms and Brussels sprouts.
Salmon and Trout
Trout with morels is a classic springtime combo; you can often find the two in the same trip! Simple, pan-fried trout with bacon, morels and onions.
Foraging
Wild rice, wild mushrooms, caramelized onions. What's not to love? This is a perfect side dish for wild game like venison or duck or pheasant.
Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi
A rich, Italian risotto made with chanterelle mushrooms and sweet corn. Simple, yet elegant.
Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi
When I had Chef April Bloomfield's ricotta gnudi in New York at the James Beard Awards, and I had to recreate them, only with my own twist: A sauce of ramps and fresh porcini I found in the High Sierra.
Mushrooms
When life gives you mushrooms, make tortellini out of them. I love these little packets of love, and making them with morels is especially lovely.
Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi
An Italian classic. Squash gnocchi tossed with butter and sage, and, in this case, with wild mushrooms.
Mushrooms
A recipe for mushroom bisque using wild mushrooms. This is basically real, homemade cream of mushroom soup. You can use any sort of mushroom you like.