for the love of food

F O R A G I N G

i am a forager of mushrooms.  so i await spring with hopes of finding morels.

if the winter is cold enough and wet enough - the spring will produce the beautiful and delicious morel.  and for those in the know- the first sighting of the texas bluebonnet signals the time to start looking for that tasty mushroom.

excited to spot the tbb - emmett and i gathered our pocket knives and paper bags- and set off to our secret spots with visions of morels in our heads.

 

well it wasn’t the ‘motherload’ we have had in years past - (perhaps we were a bit early) but it was enough for dinner.  let’s celebrate.

we called our neighbor friend richard to join us for supper.

we opened a couple of bottles of italian red - and started with an incredible country pate from our friends jesse + tamara of Dai Due fame. paired with their firemans 4 mustard it was a real treat.

we decide on a risotto with swiss chard from our kitchen garden.  

richard brought a chicken he had on the grill rotisserie at his house (perfect timing) 

and a most delicious leftover pie that our friend celia made -apple-blackberry. now that’s love in a homemade pie.

while mushroom foraging brings hopes of scoring bags of the little treasure - it sometimes becomes just a nice walk in the woods.  oh well. 

our ‘foraging’ brought us a small taste of spring - and an enjoyable dinner with our friend richard.

cheers !