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After our foray (described below) a four-course wild mushroom lunch awaits our arrival at the Relish Culinary Center. Chef Elissa will demonstrate key elements of the lunch, focusing on how to select, handle, rehydrate and perfectly cook our edible fungal treasures. Guests enjoy lunch paired with fantastic local wines and take home recipe portfolios for all recipes.

• Porcini Cracker Bread
• Sunchoke Soup with Maitake (Hen of the Woods) Mushrooms
• Apple Cider Braised Duck Legs
• Creamy Carolina Rice Grits
• Arugula Salad
• Pan Roasted Pears with Candy Cap Crème Anglaise

  Each morning of the Wild Mushroom Weekend Relish leads wild mushroom forays from 9:00 – 11:30 am lead by chef Elissa Rubin-Mahon, past president and founding culinary chairperson of the Sonoma County Mycological Association. Elissa will teach guests about safely identifying, collecting, storing, preserving and cooking with local wild culinary mushrooms. We'll meet at a different Healdsburg-area private property each day where we will venture into the surrounding woodlands to foray under the watchful eye of Elissa. After our tromp in the woods, we will review our found fungi and then caravan back to the Relish Culinary Center where we’ll cook up anything edible we find at the different events specified below.

  The cost of the foray is included in the cost of the event. Guests are welcome to attend additional forays (since we'll for foraging in different areas each day) for an additional charge of $35 per person