People have been eating mushrooms for millennia—mainly for their earthy, meaty taste and their easy availability (although the grocery store, rather than the forest floor, is the easiest and safest place to forage mushrooms today). Even better, research continues to reveal that the health benefits of mushrooms may be far beyond what even nutritionists have…
Is It Safe to Eat Raw Mushrooms?
Microwaving is probably the most efficient way to reduce agaritine levels in fresh mushrooms. There is a toxin in plain white button mushrooms called agaritine, which may be carcinogenic. And plain white button mushrooms grow up to be cremini mushrooms (the brown mushrooms), and cremini mushrooms grow up to be portobello mushrooms—they’re all the exact…
How to Grow Your Own Mushrooms at Home
There’s an old joke by the iconic comedian Henny Youngman that goes: There’s a man going to the electric chair. The warden says, “You can have anything you want to eat, anything you desire.” So he says, “I want mushrooms.” The warden asks, “Mushrooms?” And he replies, “Yeah, I was always afraid to eat them.”…
Fall Bounty Makes Delicious Scrambled Eggs
The bounty of mushrooms available at local fall markets inspires creative cooking from sautes to soups, stews and great breakfasts. Many vendors carry a mix of interesting varieties ranging from maitake to shiitake, oyster mushrooms and the impressive king oyster. In most major grocery stores, the variety has blossomed from the ubiquitous white button to…
How Mushrooms Help Protect Your Brain
Mild cognitive impairment can have a significant impact on your quality of life and may increase your risk of dementia. Mushrooms may be a simple way of protecting your brain and reducing your risk. STORY AT-A-GLANCE Eating more than two portions of mushrooms a week reduced the risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in study…
Mushroom Rain
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Boosting Immunity While Reducing Inflammation
There’s lots of products that promise to boost your immune system, and who wouldn’t want that? Well, there’s millions of people with autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, allergies—millions of people whose immune systems may already be a bit too active. I try to make sufferers of seasonal allergies feel better by explaining that having an overactive immune system…
Melanin: The Holy Grail of Radioprotective Food Compounds
July 30, 2022
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Could the melanin found in our bodies and in foods like mushrooms help to mitigate the increasingly dire quantities of radiation we are exposed to daily? Over the course of the past decade, one of the most interesting concepts I have run into while scouring the biomedical literature is the possibility that melanin’s biological role in…
What Are Truffles?
Q: What are truffles? A: Misshapen and lumpy, these earthy orbs may not be much to look at, but they’re among the most prized delicacies in the culinary world. Intensely flavored and aromatic — a musky, nutty fusion — and very sought after, certain varieties fetch thousands of dollars per pound; not too shabby for…
Mushroom Bolognese Features Rich Flavors
By Linda Gassenheimer From Tribune News Service Here’s a light version of the Italian classic Bolognese sauce that’s quick, easy and won’t break the calorie bank. A mixture of different sliced mushrooms creates the base for this vegetarian dinner. I use portobello and shitake mushrooms. If your market sells other wild mushrooms such as…
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