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    Good Food

    Cultivated Wild Mushrooms

    Steve Farrar talks about cultivated wild mushrooms and his new venture with Japanese mushroom-producer Hokuto Corporation in building a state-of-the-art mushroom facility in San Marcos, California. He is the Chief Operating Officer of Golden Gourmet Mushrooms .

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Steve Farrar talks about cultivated wild mushrooms and his new venture with Japanese mushroom-producer Hokuto Corporation in building a state-of-the-art mushroom facility in San Marcos, California. He is the Chief Operating Officer of Golden Gourmet Mushrooms. Read the Los Angeles Timesarticle that mentions their products and get more recipes using these mushrooms.

    Maitake and Gorgonzola Cheese Penne

    4 Servings

    7 ozs Golden Gourmet Maitake mushrooms

    8 ozs penne pasta

    2 strips bacon

    1 cup milk

    1 cup fresh cream

    4 ozs Gorgonzola cheese

    3 Tablespoons Parmesan cheese

    1/4 tsp butter

    1/4 tsp salt

    1/4 tsp parsley

    maitake mushroom cluster into pieces with fingers. Cut bacon into 1/2-inch. Fry bacon until bacon until rendered. Add milk, fresh cream and Gorgonzola cheese. Saute at low temperature until cheese is melted

    Music break: Plymouth House by Tim Nicolai

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    Foraging for Wild Mushrooms in LA; Bagel History; Winter Soups
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:42Foraging for Wild Mushrooms in LA
    3. 15:34Cultivated Wild MushroomsYou’re reading this
    4. 22:54Cooking with Convection
    5. 29:42Soup
    6. 36:52Community Supported Preserves & Bakery
    7. 43:08History of the Bagel
    8. 51:18Fast, Easy Fresh Chicken Breast
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    3 of 8
    Foraging for Wild Mushrooms in LA; Bagel History; Winter Soups
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:42Foraging for Wild Mushrooms in LA
    3. 15:34Cultivated Wild MushroomsYou’re reading this
    4. 22:54Cooking with Convection
    5. 29:42Soup
    6. 36:52Community Supported Preserves & Bakery
    7. 43:08History of the Bagel
    8. 51:18Fast, Easy Fresh Chicken Breast
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