It's National Mushroom Month!

Is it just us or does this porcini mushroom look straight out of a fairytale? We're featuring this sweet 'shroom today because it's National Mushroom Month, a non-official holiday inaugurated in 1992 as part of a governmental effort to promote mushroom farming in the US. Some of the biggest celebrations this month occur in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, which is recognized as the Mushroom Capital of the World. The town of just 6,000 people cultivates more than 1 million pounds of mushrooms each year amounting to about half of the total US crop. In recent years, the more exotic, usually wild-harvested, porcini has become one of the most popular—and priciest—mushroom varieties. Which type of mushroom is your favorite?
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