The meat of the earth, locally grown mushrooms are a sustainable way to add some umami to your dinner. If you don't like the end result, then your mushroom prep might benefit from these few tweaks.

In the wild, oyster mushrooms grow in overlapping shelves on logs or living trees. They are saprotrophic, digesting organic matter, and they cause a white rot that kills hardwood trees (which they ...

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Cooking is often a matter of managing moisture: keeping it in when you’re cooking meat, driving it out when you’re cooking vegetables. The latter is true ...

Unlike heartier mushroom varieties, oyster mushrooms are flat, tender and quick to cook up. They are a great ingredient option when you need a fast stir-fry, salad, soup and more. Chef Richard Landau ...

Mushrooms are one of those ingredients that make dinner feel warm without making things complicated. They are easy to work with, flexible in many dishes, and perfect for relaxed evenings at home. In ...

Oyster Mushroom Sandwiches With Red Pepper Mayo. (Stacy Zarin Goldberg for The Washington Post; food styling by Lisa Cherkasky for The Washington Post) I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: ...