39th Annual Santa Cruz Fungus Fair
WHEN:
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11-13, January 2013 |
WHERE:
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Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 |
WHAT:
The 39th Annual Fungus Fair
is presented by the
Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz
Four-Cheese Polenta With Chanterelles (by Cathy Whims)
This recipe by Portland, Oregon Chef Cathy Whims of Nostrana and Oven and Shaker, is adapted from the Wall Street Journal. A rich blend of cheeses, chanterelles and polenta, it straddles the line between polenta and fondue. Chef Whims is a five-time James Beard Award nominee. Add a salad, some crusty bread and a bottle of wine for a fine repast.
General Meeting: Justin Pierce & Cassandra Fuentes
Join us for our monthly meeting! We gather at the Harvey West Scout House for refreshments and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 – 7:30. Organizers will provide updates on future forays and other activities, followed by our speakers. Bring along your sense of curiosity and any mushrooms you'd like help identifying...
Lawn Agaricus (by Bob Sellers)
Mushroom of the Month: November, 2013
This month’s featured species turns up in the plastic bags of people attending the Fungus Fair perhaps more than any other fleshy fungus. Invariably, hordes of people will be lined up at the mushroom ID table with bags containing fresh to soggy specimens of Agaricus mushrooms they found “growing in my lawn. Are these edible? Will they poison my dog, cat, kids?”