Chanterelle Dreams and Amanita Nightmares: The Love, Lore, and Mystique of Mushrooms

*2011 Winner, International Association of Culinary Professionals Jane Grigson Award

*2011 Finalist, International Association of Culinary Professionals in the Culinary History category

Throughout history, people have had a complex and confusing relationship with mushrooms. Are fungi food or medicine, beneficial decomposers or deadly "toadstools" ready to kill anyone foolhardy enough to eat them? In fact, there is truth in all these statements. In Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightm…