Cooking with karen

Our favorite mushroom chef, Karen Diggs, leads us through cooking Shiitake, Lion’s Mane. and Oyster Mushrooms Also see below for helpful links on the benefits of these magical gourmet mushrooms.

Cooking Shiitake

in our very first seminar James and Karen Explore Cooking the Shiitake mushroom.

Here are the Cooking videos Karen Produced for the workshop

Karen describes how to prep and cook Shiitake mushrooms

Cultivating Lion’s Mane

An informal discussion about home Mushroom Cultivation and how to cook your mushrooms once harvested. In this session James and Karen discuss the Lion's Mane mushroom (Hericium erinaceus).

An informal discussion about home Mushroom Cultivation and how to cook your mushrooms once harvested. In this session James and Karen discuss the Lion's Mane...

Cooking lion’s mane

Join Karen in her kitchen as she shows you how to harvest and cook Lion's Mane, a gourmet and medicinal mushroom.

Recipes from the video

Sauerkraut with Lion’s Mane (.pdf )

Lion’s Mane & Asparagus Sauté (.pdf)

Cultivating Oyster Mushrooms

An informal discussion about home Mushroom Cultivation and how to cook your mushrooms once harvested.

In this session James and Karen discuss the Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus).

An informal session with Karen and James discussing the cultivation, cooking, and fermenting of oyster mushrooms.

Karen will show how to harvest oyster mushrooms from a block that was prepared and grown by James of Haight Street Shroom Shoppe. She will also show you how to roast them in the oven, ferment them with cauliflower, and cook them in a miso soup as well.