Oven-Baked Polenta with Roasted Mushrooms & Thyme

We’ve got a wonderfully hearty, delicious recipe to welcome crisp, cool weather. This fall dish brings together all the best elements of comfort food—rich, creamy polenta is combined with the earthy flavor and meaty texture of wild mushrooms, plus fresh Parmigiano cheese and an aromatic hint of thyme. Even though it’s not the traditional method, [...]

A Guide to Wild Mushrooms

Not so long ago, the term “wild mushrooms” really meant just one thing: mushrooms that grew in the wild. If you knew what you were doing, you went out into the woods and picked them from the base of oak trees or among sheltering scrub. With the explosion of specialty foods from the early 1980s [...]