I came home from yesterday’s COMA walk loaded down with new mushrooms to sample. I actually learned about milky cap (lactarius) mushrooms. I spent the rest of the day photographing them, looking them up in my reference sources and doing what I could to imprint this new knowledge. I just cooked the lactarius (hygrophoroides, I [...]

Milkweed often gets a bad rap because of the bitter liquid, but like any other vegetable, knowing what part to eat and at what time of year makes a difference.