Mushroom music

This is episode number 2 in Arkansas, but very different from the frog catching. In NW Arkansas where the beautiful Ozarks rule — a couple of hippies started growing shiitakes in the forrest some 20 odd years ago. Today, they are harvesting hundreds of thousands of pounds of the Japanese mushrooms off of logs. Continue Reading

To catch a frog

I want to remind you that The Perennial Plate is about sustainable and ADVENTUROUS food. Such is the case this week with catching, killing and eating Arkansas frogs. I’ve always been a fan of frog legs, but I’ve never had anything close to as delicious as these very fresh legs. Continue Reading