To my mind there is nothing so prized and exalted as mushrooms cooked with garlic.
There's this cafe is University Hill in Melbourne called Degani where Michael and I often go for late breakfasts and we always (always) have scrambled eggs, bacon and a large side of the mushrooms. I don't know what they do to them but they taste beautiful! I think ( Read more... )

This recipe is one of the first I ever came up with on my own and the very first thing I ever cooked for Michael when we started going out. It started out just creamy mushrooms and bacon and I thought it needed some texture so I added the walnuts. I do not consider it sad when I say it's one of the single greatest executive decisions I've ever made ( Read more... )

So about a week ago I asked Michael what he'd like to eat on his birthday and he couldn't decide between his two faourites: risotto and my mushroom pasta, the first thing I ever cooked for him.

To put him out of his indecisive misery I decided to make a breakfast risotto and then mushroom pasta for dinner.
Granted that the way I planned it, both ( Read more... )