A third person has died from eating poisonous mushrooms at a California senior care facility where a caretaker found the fungus in the backyard and used it to make soup, authorities said Wednesday.
Amateurs take a big risk when they harvest wild mushrooms, especially when they serve the fungi to others. But Friday's mass poisoning at an assisted-living facility near Sacramento, Calif., was shocking in its scope.
The Oakridge Hostel & Guest House is again sponsoring “For the Love of Mushrooms…A Weekend Foray” beginning at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19, and continuing until Sunday Oct. 21.
February 14, 2012 is Oregon's 153rd birthday. To celebrate, we're taking a look at some of Oregon's state symbols, ranging from the well-known to the bizarre.
Jennifer Hahn hasn't walked all that far down the driveway of her home when she stops in front of a small Indian plum tree that's starting to sprout green, plucks a leaf and pops it into her mouth.
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Dinosaurs squashed them with impunity.
Thousands of species that lacked culinary appreciation have turned up their noses at them.
And a study based on advanced DNA analysis has shown that this shameful indifference went on for 129...
Dinosaurs squashed them with impunity. Thousands of species that lacked culinary appreciation have turned up their noses at them. And a study has shown that this indifference went on for 129 million years.
An accent of mushrooms merged with sweet notes of honey in a sampling Wednesday of what's been billed as the world's oldest champagne, salvaged from a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.
When Chef Josh Skenes first sought the flavor of Northern California, he went to local growers. Then he went beyond farms, joining a growing number of urbanites who are returning to humanity's first pursuit - foraging - in a search for food that...