Eagle Mushroom & Wild Food Festival

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Eighth Annual Eagle Mushroom & Wild Food Festival

Explore! Identify! Eat!

Guest Speakers:

Eugenia Bone; author 'Mycophilia, Well Preserved, the Kitchen Ecosystem, at Mesa's Edge'

She is a nationally known food journalist and author. Her work has appeared in magazines and newspapers such as, Saveur, Food & Wine, Gourmet, Fine Dining, Martha Stewart Living, Sunset, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Denver Post. She is the founder of Slow Food Western Slope in Colorado, a master preserver, and the president of the New York Mycological Society, which was founded over 50 years ago by composer John Cage. She writes the blog, kitchenecosystem.com. Eugenia lives in New York City and Western Colorado.

Larry Evans; Indiana Jones of Mushroom Hunting.

He has been hunting, cooking, eating, and teaching about wild mushrooms and edible plants for 30 years. He founded the Western Montana Mycological Association in 1991, which became a 501(c)3 nonprofit in 1995. He taught a mushroom class at the Glacier Institute near Glacier National Park for 29 years.

Ken Kassenbrock; PhD., M.D., Professor of Mycology

He has been an avid hunter of wild mushrooms since the late 1970s. Trained as a physician-scientist, he has worked in Cell and Molecular Biology, including post-doctoral work with the brewer’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Katrina Blair; Wild Food Maven, Author: 'Wild Wisdom of Weeds, 13 Essential Plants for Human Survival'

She began studying wild plants in her teens when she camped out alone for a summer with the intention of eating primarily wild foods. She later wrote “The Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants of the San Juan Mountains” for her senior project at Colorado College where she graduated with a Biology Degree. She founded Turtle Lake Refuge in 1997, a non-profit organization, whose mission is to celebrate the connection between personal health and wild lands.

Graham Steinruck; Forager and Purveyor of Wild Food

He’s worked in the food industry for over a decade, both in catering, restaurants, and as a private chef. With years of experience, Graham is skilled in locating and identifying many wild Rocky Mountain fungi, and knows just how to prepare each mushroom species to accentuate their flavor and texture attributes. Graham is also passionate about macro photography and you’ll never catch him on the trail of fungi without his camera and lenses.

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Date and Time

Friday Aug 21, 2015 Sunday Aug 23, 2015

Friday: August 21: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. - The BackBowl

Saturday: August 22: 8:30 - noon -- Eagle Town Hall
August 22: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. -- The Dusty Boot

Sunday: August 23: 8:30 - noon -- Brush Creek Studio
August 23: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. -- The Dusty Boot

Location

Friday: The BackBowl, 0050 Chamber Avenue, Eagle
Saturday: Eagle Town Hall, 200 Broadway, Eagle
The Dusty Boot, 1009 Capitol Street, Eagle
Sunday: Brush Creek Pavilion & Studio,
909 Capitol Street, Eagle

Fees/Admission

Weekend: $125 (Registered & paid by August 17th $110)
Saturday Only: Classes & Saute Mushroom Bar - $75
Sunday Only: Classes & Saute Mushroom Bar - $75
Saturday & Sunday Classes only (4) $100
A la Carte Classes - $35 each
Saturday & Sunday - Saute Mushroom Bar only - $15