“Our produce guru at Marczyk’s, Roger Burleigh, has been carefully curating an intriguing mix of items from a great local purveyor called Hunt & Gather, and the candy cap mushrooms are our latest addition, not to mention my favorite new ingredient in our stores right now,” says Ariss. And the name, she insists, is no […]

Our produce buyer, Roger Burleigh, was so excited to form a partnership with Hunt & Gather, an awesome local company that carries ‘wildcrafted foods,’ so everything that comes from Hunt & Gather is foraged, which doesn’t get more sustainable or food-nerdy than that! says Ariss, referring specifically to the wild mushrooms that are essential to […]

The 2013 Rocky Mountain fresh Porcini season

“Everyone considers Colorado a really dry place to live, and it is. It’s a fairly arid climate,” mycologist Graham Steinruck said. “But mushrooms don’t care about that. There’s just a season for them.   “It’s not very well-known, but it should be. It’s got some of the most choice edible mushrooms that you can find […]

Graham Steinruck guides “…a group of nearly two dozen gathered at the foothills of the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado, in one of the many scenic areas between Denver and Vail. They might have easily been mistaken for typical hikers if not for their accouterments: baskets filled with small waxed bags, pocket knives and paintbrushes […]