Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America: A Field-to-kitchen Guide | 
 enlarge | Authors: David W. Fischer, Alan E. Bessette
Publisher: University of Texas Press
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7 x 0.6
ISBN: 0292720807
Dewey Decimal Number: 589.22204632097
EAN: 9780292720800
ASIN: 0292720807
Publication Date: 1992
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"Some new mushroomers will find this single volume all the library they need to harvest and enjoy wild mushrooms for the table." --Mushroom the Journal "The publication is of excellent quality and print, well edited, authoritative, and provides an excellent introduction to edible and poisonous wild mushrooms." --Mycologia Unusual shapes and colors make many mushrooms alluring to the eye, while the exotic flavors and textures of edible mushrooms are a gourmet delicacy for the palate. Yet many people never venture beyond the supermarket offerings, fearing that all other mushrooms are poisonous. With amateur mushroom hunters especially in mind, David Fischer and Alan Bessette have prepared Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America. This field guide presents more than 100 species of the most delicious mushrooms, along with detailed information on how to find, gather, store, and prepare them for the table. More than 70 savory recipes, ranging from soups and salads to casseroles, canapes, quiches, and even a dessert, are included. Throughout, the authors constantly emphasize the need for correct identification of species for safe eating. Each species is described in detailed, nontechnical language, accompanied by a list of key identifying characteristics that reliably rule out all but the target species. Superb color photographs also aid in identification. Poisonous "lookalikes" are described and illustrated, and the authors also assess the risks of allergic or idiosyncratic reactions to edible species and the possibilities of chemical or bacterial contamination.
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 fantastic book! must buy for at least new england mushroom fans October 29, 2008
Thomas fletcher (Brooklyn, NY)
Book just arrived and it's wonderful! I have MANY such i.d. books and get very frustrated when I can't find them in the book. This book has WONDERFUL PHOTOS and often shows them at various stages, angles and such. It's made it possible to recognize what I have been seeing for last few years. On another note the author has been wonderful PRIOR TO MY EVEN BUYING HIS BOOK. I had sent him photos to his web site (many, many photos) and he took the time to identify all that he safely could.
PLEASE IF YOU ARE AN AMATURE AND WANT TO LEARN PURCHASE THIS BOOK.
Can't wait to try the recipes. Might need to purchase the shrooms this time of year!
Thanks for a great book!!
Mushrooms October 18, 2008
Gene Godlove (Bergen, N.Y. USA)
"Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America: A Field-to-kitchen Guide " (softcover). This is a great field guide and kitchen aid for anyone liking mushrooms. I highly recommend this book to any mushroom lover. But, always remember that recognizing mushrooms for consumption is an event that should take place once you have consulted experts. I joined a mushroom hunting and identification club, because there are many poisonous mushrooms that look similar to edible ones. Get on the internet and look up any mushroom clubs in your area.
Signed,
Gene A. Godlove
MMMMMMMMMMMMMGood July 25, 2006
Gundi Jeffrey (Tlaxcala, Mexico)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Lovely photographs, excellent identity descriptions, tons of useful information and I love the recipes -- plan to make every one of them.
Excellent Book For Novice Edible Mushroom Hunter March 25, 2005
Mark E. Nissen (Glendale, WI United States)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is a concise easy to use book for people just starting to
hunt for edible mushrooms. It concentrates extensively on the edibles, and look alike poisonous. By eliminating 1000s of other mushrooms it is great for identifying the finest edibles. It makes a great companion to a more all encompassing publication. The recipes I've tried were good also.
 Limited scope, horrible recipes. January 6, 2004
Bundita (Arbovale, WV USA)
31 out of 32 found this review helpful
I bought this book many years ago as the first of what is now a fairly large collection on the subject. As the title indicates, it concentrates on the EDIBLE fungi, so the reviewer who was dissappointed because he/she could ID only one of the 13 mushrooms he/she found has unfair expectations out of the scope of this work. That said, only the most popular edibles seem to be listed here, and variants on those species are not covered in much depth. It's ok for those who just want to be able to distinguish a golden chanterelle from a jack-o-lantern, or a morel from a thimble-cap so they can safely gather some edibles. The worst thing about this book, however, is it's unfortunate recipes. Every single recipe I've tried from it completely sucks. Either the cooking method is inappropriate to that particular mushroom (turning delicate specimins to mush, for instance, or inundating absorptive ones with oil), or strong flavors from other ingredients overwhelm the sometimes subtle flavors of the mushrooms themselves. I get much better results by trusting my cooking intuition and experimenting than I do by following these recipes.
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