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Upselling Mushrooms to Chain Restaurants
The growth of mushrooms in restaurants — in side dishes and as entrees — is noteworthy, says Bart Minor, the Mushroom Council’s president. According to a news story in ThePacker.com, chain restaurants have grown fond of exotic brands rather than the button mushroom, with portabellas leading the way. “We’re looking more and more at chain […]
Mushrooms as New Economy? Only in India…
Occasionally I’m stricken by a story to the point where I realize the depth of my ignorance despite my travels and readings. One such story, printed by The New Nation, talks about how one man has created a fortune with a new commodity - the mushroom. When I say “new,” I mean that the mushroom […]
Can’t Say I’m Not Determined
Over the years, this mushroom site has given me great joy. I’ve met so many folks, and I’ve had a lot of fun. But, the technical end of this endeavor gives me fits. Every year it’s something new. Either the database becomes corrupted or the server goes down and erases that corrupt database. Or, a widget becomes outdated, and the creator decides to drop the project. This means that all the posts associated with that widget are subject to be corrupt. Finally, updates to technology also provide some interesting glitches.
New Server Changes
Hi folks - the old server kept crashing, and I wasn’t about to lose this site to someone else’s negligence again. So, I migrated the site last night to a great server with great service. However, for the moment, I lost the feeds for the mushroom recipes, etc. I’ll work on getting those feeds back […]
Hair Mats and Mushrooms in San Fransisco Bay
I’m bringing this blog entry over from Fanatic Attack (another one of my hobbies), as it’s just too good not to share here…I learned about this project from Inhabitat, and it’s about the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. First, Matter of Trust is taking mats made from human hair to sop up the oil spill […]
Tom Nauman Make NY Times
Vicky and Tom Nauman (Morel Mania) took Steven Regenold of the New York Times on a fall mushroom hunt in October. The story appears in the Travel Section. YAY Tom!
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