"mushrooms" news and stories

Spring brings a multitude of edible delights, and paramount among them are morel mushrooms.

It's Friday night; you left your energy back on Thursday, and there's always Saturday to make the cassoulet. All you want is a good, juicy burger and a stack of crispy fries. Sometimes that's all it takes. So get the grill going.

Take a tip from Toronto's Craft Burger, where photographer Vic Shum shot this homage to beef. Instead of the same old ketchup and mustard, top your meat with herbed mayonnaise, and go heavy on the sautéed mushrooms (try porcini or hen-of-the-woods varieties for greater depth of flavor). Or you can make a portobello mushroom a burger in itself.

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Each Thursday, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week:

Next Food Network Star winner Melissa d'Arabian wants to save you money for Thanksgiving -- $20 for gobble grub!

We know you've been procrastinating -- rustle up a Thanksgiving menu on the fly and with facility.

Do you believe in utilizing bird innards?

What's a better complement to turkey: cranberry sauce or gravy?

Skip the fowl, make penne with mushrooms.

Kim Kardashian makes Carl's Jr. sexy.

Diddy offers party-hosting tips, because, you know, you'll definitely want to throw a post-turkey-day shindig.

Throwing mushrooms into a sauté pan usually requires a good dose of oil. But good news: There are ways to cut the fat without leaving half your dinner stuck to the bottom of the pan.

Can you identify spring vegetables? Take this spring vegetable identification quiz on Slashfood to find out.