Shroom: Mind-bendingly Good Recipes for Cultivated and Wild Mushrooms

Truly incredible! The recipes are modern, fun, accessible, and some have a bit of well chosen Vietnamese fusion- enough tastes to suit every palate and dexterity level in the kitchen. The writing is incisive and punchy but not overwrought. Ditto for the layout. A great combo! The pictures are vivid and practically jump off the page. I recently foraged hedgehogs and used them to make the hedgie/cashew chili. Beyond! As a vegan, I am delighted that most recipes are vegetarian and the ones that aren’t are generally translatable if you’re handy with ingredients, etc... Shroom is a top-shelf book (even worthy of showing off on your coffee table) that will see plenty of action in this kitchen, year-round.

Purchased book used “like new” and it was accurately described. Looks unused. Can’t wait to make recipes from it.

I bought this for the recipes as a gift for my son and his wife. They seemed pleased with it. They're enthusiastic wild mushroom gatherers plus they love to cook. The book has great pictures and mouthwatering recipies

I love that the recipes are in order of easy to more complex, and that the chapters are organized by mushroom type. The descriptions of each mushroom is so handy, from the flavor profile to whether or not it's good to use dried vs. fresh -- a lot of detail is devoted to the title ingredient, it's not just about recipes. I picked up some unusual mushrooms from the farmers market the other week and used the book as a resource guide to figure out how I'd like to pair them with other ingredients. And the "What Kind of Mushroom Are You?" fungus personality guide is pretty darn cute. I have a copy for myself and giving another copy to a friend who's been wary of mushrooms because I'm certain this book will convert her to the fun world of fungus.

The author has done a good job of summarizing the varies kinds of mushrooms, but I have two major problems with this book. There is no visual enhancement. The very few prepared recipe images are uninspiring, and the images of the author taken during her mushroom picking in the woods doesn't serve any purpose. I would have liked to have seen a luscious image for each recipe. My other disappointment is the recipes. Some are repetitious with a slight twist, or labor intensive in a fussy fashion. The author had done a much better job with her "good fish" cookbook.

Well shes done it again. Given you the key to a palace you didn't even know you needed so badly. 1st off mushrooms are amazing and interesting, but slightly terrifying to me when I see them piled up at the farmers market. No longer will I fear my fungi friend now that I have this cookbook. I have just cracked open this book, I and already cant wait to tear down to the market this weekend and buy a whole slue of interesting mushrooms and geek out on them. The cookbook... again much like Good Fish very very funny, approachable and informative, stitched together with a security net the size of Africa that makes you feel confident in the execution of the recipes. This is a great purchase!

I admit a bias since I'm a huge mushroom fan, and I also loved Becky's cookbook Good Fish. This book is just as good. The recipes range from difficult-like a black trumpet tart with camembert cheese, bacon, leeks and port-soaked cherries, to simple, like oyster mushrooms with squash and green beans, served with striped bass and a porcini vinaigrette. (Make extra of the vinaigrette and use it on everything). The recipes are sophisticated but very approachable for the home cook. The timing couldn't be better, as the autumn rains are starting, and mushrooms will be coming up soon.

Really beautiful and fun book, a perfect gift for someone or yourself who enjoys cooking. The recipes aren’t too complicated but it definitely gets you to try new mushroom varieties. Beautiful photos and illusions!

Got to love those shroom!

Interesting but not mind bending.