Tom and Dee's Excellent Adventures
A chronicle of the experiences of the husband and wife who do just about everything together.
We love to go mushroom hunting in the spring for morels and Oyster mushrooms (Wasatch Moutains) and in the fall for Boletus Edilus, Aspen Boletes,and Honey mushrooms (Uinta Mountains). We look forward to collecting and consuming these gourmet delights each year!
Aspen Bolete, Guardsman’s Pass, Big Cottonwood Canyon – July, 2007
Oyster Mushrooms, Little Cottonwood Canyon, April 2006 (left) and May, 2005 (right)
Morel mushrooms, Little Cottonwood Canyon, May, 2005
Enjoy exploring our favorite places – through travel and reading, on and off line!
Mushrooms Demystified, by David Arora
All That the Rain Promises and More, by David Arora – a wild mushroom field guide. Includes detailed descriptions of more than 200 edible and poisonous mushroom species, as well as recipes, stories, and information on uses of various species such as for dying hair and clothing or playing games.
Braiding Sweetgrass, by Potawatomi professor Robin Wall Kimmerer – a nonfiction book about the role of Indigenous knowledge as an alternative or complementary approach to Western mainstream scientific methodologies.
Organick Khemistry 