November 7, 6:00 P.M. Ingredient Seminar: The Mycologist’s Kitchen with Eugenia Bone
November 07, 2024 06:00 PM
A Culinary Exploration of Mushrooms with the Author of The Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook
25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA
Calling all fungi fans! Join author and mycologist Eugenia Bone for a talk, tasting, and demonstration that will explore how and why mushrooms act differently from other foods in the kitchen. With a demonstration that challenges mainstream cooking methods, Bone will reveal simple techniques developed to bring out the diverse flavors of mushrooms. She’ll lead a discussion that covers safety tips about preparing wild mushrooms, USDA-recommended preservation skills, and much more. Bites from The Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook will be served along with a selection of wines.
The Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook edited by Eugenia Bone is available for purchase with tickets and at the event from our friends as Kitchen Arts & Letters.
General Admission: $95 | $125 with a copy of The Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook by Eugenia Bone
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About Eugenia Bone:
Eugenia Bone is a critically acclaimed journalist, with an emphasis on food, fungi, and other microorganisms. She is a member of the National Association of Science Writers and former president of the New York Mycological Society. She is the author or co-author of nine books on food and biology, including the category staple Mycophilia, The Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook and the recently published Have a Good Trip: Exploring the Magic Mushroom Experience. Her books have won or been nominated for a variety of awards, including the Nautilus Award, the Colorado Book Award, and the James Beard Award®, and her work has appeared in many magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times, Saveur, Food & Wine, Gourmet, and The Wall Street Journal where she is a frequent book reviewer. A master canner and amateur mycologist, she has lectured widely, at venues like the Denver Botanical Gardens, the American Museum of Natural History, and the New York Public Library. She is a faculty member of the New York Botanical Garden where she teaches classes on mycophagy and psychedelic mushrooms. She is featured in the documentary Fantastic Fungi and in the television show Waffles + Mochi, the mushroom episode (from Michele Obama’s Higher Ground Productions). She writes a free Substack called Food, Mushrooms, Microbes, Drugs.
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