The Totally Mushroom Cookbook (Totally Cookbooks)

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Summary: A must-have for mushroom lovers!
Review: I picked this cookbook up on a whim, and thank goodness I did! This clever little book is necessary for anyone who loves cooking and experimenting with mushrooms. Not only does it have the most delicious recipes, but I love the narrative that goes down the sides of most of the pages. It is here that you learn about all different exotic mushrooms, fresh vs. dried, etc. The mushroom barley soup is the best we've had, and we haven't been disappointed with any other recipe either. I've given this book to every true mushroom lover I know!

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Summary: Scrumptious recipes for the mushroom lover
Review: The first few recipes are not too impressive - salads with mushrooms... lots of different salads, just add mushrooms. Recipes like the Mushroom Pecan Paté, however, make the book worth its weight in mushrooms.

The book has dozens of scrumptious recipes for different mushroom varieties... quite a bit is jammed into this tiny book.

I have two major gripes, however, that reduce this book to a 4-star review. While the die-cut shape of the book is whimsical, the pages are not easy to turn and the book will not lay flat. While there is a colorful illustration of different mushroom varieties on the front cover, there are only scant drawings of different mushrooms throughout the book and the drawings are not labeled and are more for aesthetic purposes and do not denote that these are the mushrooms for the recipe at hand. Unless you are a bonafide chef (in which case you probably wouldn't need this book) and go to specialty stores, most people will not run across these mushrooms at the local supermarket. Mushrooms don't have a very long shelf-life and unless you get them dried or know of a market that specializes in mushroom varieties, most of these species will be unheard of and mysterious.

If you don't live next to a "Central Market" or other specialty store that carries a variety of mushrooms, you'll be out of luck identifying some of the varieties covered here, but if you have experience w/ many varieties of mushrooms, but haven't been too successful in bringing out their flavor, this book will be just the help you needed.

Rating:
Summary: Scrumptious recipes for the mushroom lover
Review: The first few recipes are not too impressive - salads with mushrooms... lots of different salads, just add mushrooms. Recipes like the Mushroom Pecan Paté, however, make the book worth its weight in mushrooms.

The book has dozens of scrumptious recipes for different mushroom varieties... quite a bit is jammed into this tiny book.

I have two major gripes, however, that reduce this book to a 4-star review. While the die-cut shape of the book is whimsical, the pages are not easy to turn and the book will not lay flat. While there is a colorful illustration of different mushroom varieties on the front cover, there are only scant drawings of different mushrooms throughout the book and the drawings are not labeled and are more for aesthetic purposes and do not denote that these are the mushrooms for the recipe at hand. Unless you are a bonafide chef (in which case you probably wouldn't need this book) and go to specialty stores, most people will not run across these mushrooms at the local supermarket. Mushrooms don't have a very long shelf-life and unless you get them dried or know of a market that specializes in mushroom varieties, most of these species will be unheard of and mysterious.

If you don't live next to a "Central Market" or other specialty store that carries a variety of mushrooms, you'll be out of luck identifying some of the varieties covered here, but if you have experience w/ many varieties of mushrooms, but haven't been too successful in bringing out their flavor, this book will be just the help you needed.