Worldfocus » cooking http://worldfocus.org International News, Videos and Blogs Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:46:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Into the Czech woods for the mushroom hunt http://worldfocus.org/blog/2008/10/06/into-the-czech-woods-for-the-mushroom-hunt/1635/ http://worldfocus.org/blog/2008/10/06/into-the-czech-woods-for-the-mushroom-hunt/1635/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:25:42 +0000 Worldfocus http://worldfocus.org/?p=1635 In the Czech Republic, mushroom hunting is a long-standing cultural pastime. David Marash documents the autumnal tradition of plucking fungi from the forest.


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But the Czech people aren’t the only mushroom enthusiasts — Italians also forage for fungi. At the “Italian Blog,” Serena describes the Italian version of the tradition and suggests recipes.

At the blog “Micah Moves,” an American living in Russia joins a local family for a mushroom outing.

The “Stone Spoon Blog” describes a hunt in the Canadian woods where the author chronicles the different types of mushrooms that he encounters.

Flickr user AnjaLouise dedicates a photo set to different types of wild mushrooms.

The Cornell University Mushroom Blog provides all the scientific information necessary to grow, care for and study mushrooms.

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