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The Mushroom Hunters A Hidden World of Langdon Cook Paperback

Description: Title: The Mushroom Hunters: A Hidden World of Food, Money, and (Mostly Legal) Adventure Author: Cook, Langdon Publisher: Ballantine Books Binding: Paperback Pages: 320 Dimensions: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d Product Weight: 0.5 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9780345536273 "A beautifully written portrait of the people who collect and distribute wild mushrooms . . . food and nature writing at its finest."--Eugenia Bone, author of Mycophilia "A rollicking narrative . . . Cook [delivers] vivid and cinematic scenes on every page."--The Wall Street Journal In the dark corners of America's forests grow culinary treasures. Chefs pay top dollar to showcase these elusive and enchanting ingredients on their menus. Whether dressing up a filet mignon with smoky morels or shaving luxurious white truffles over pasta, the most elegant restaurants across the country now feature one of nature's last truly wild foods: the uncultivated, uncontrollable mushroom. The mushroom hunters, by contrast, are a rough lot. They live in the wilderness and move with the seasons. Motivated by Gold Rush desires, they haul improbable quantities of fungi from the woods for cash. Langdon Cook embeds himself in this shadowy subculture, reporting from both rural fringes and big-city eateries with the flair of a novelist, uncovering along the way what might be the last gasp of frontier-style capitalism. Meet Doug, an ex-logger and crabber--now an itinerant mushroom picker trying to pay his bills and stay out of trouble; Jeremy, a former cook turned wild-food entrepreneur, crisscrossing the continent to build a business amid cutthroat competition; their friend Matt, an up-and-coming chef whose kitchen alchemy is turning heads; and the woman who inspires them all. Rich with the science and lore of edible fungi--from seductive chanterelles to exotic porcini--The Mushroom Hunters is equal parts gonzo travelogue and culinary history lesson, a fast-paced, character-driven tour through a world that is by turns secretive, dangerous, and quintessentially American.   Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer

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Book Title: Mushroom Hunters : a Hidden World of Food, Money, and (Mostly Legal) Adventure

Number of Pages: 320 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Topic: Specific Ingredients / Natural Foods, Plants / Mushrooms, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)

Publication Year: 2023

Item Height: 0.7 in

Genre: Nature, Cooking, Social Science

Item Weight: 8 Oz

Item Length: 8 in

Author: Langdon Cook

Item Width: 5.2 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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