Morels for 2008

[Food4Thought]

I just received an email from D'Artagnan announcing "Fresh Spring Morels" ($120.99 for 3 .lbs) And I was wondering if anyone was aware of a local source. Russo's does not have them yet and don't know when they expect them.

Any suggestions appreciated.

[sailormouth]

Whole Foods on Beacon Hill had them for, I believe, 59.99/lb.

[jeff Turton]

Whole Foods at Fresh Pond had plenty of them the other day

[that_reeks_ugly]

ben in jp has them.

[natecsd]

I live in JP - where/who/how does one find ben?

[that_reeks_ugly]

ben maleson is a well known source of foraged mushrooms for many restaurants in the boston area; he is based in jp but the only way you can probably reach him is if you know someone in the restaurant business. I'm not sure he has a brick and mortar location.

[DukeLavery]

Small container at Whole Foods in Providence on Sunday was $14.00.
Not bad.

[bakerboyz]

Do you konow of anyone who might carry them in Newton, Needham, Wellesley areas, perhaps Whole Foods, John Dewars, Wasik's??

[FoodArt]

I got some last week from Bulgaria that were amazing. Right around $40 a pound which is pretty par for the course. I had to get them from one of my supplier friends though. Calling ahead is your best bet if you're looking to get them from Russo or Savenors

[wittlejosh]

I bought some beautiful ones from Plum Produce last night---sautéed them with asparagus and a chopped leek. Delicious!

Don't remember the price, but I'm sure it was up there.

[steinpilz]

I'll contribute one worry about eastern european mushrooms -- Chernobyl. After the disaster there have been many reports of radioactive mushrooms resulting from Chernobyl, including stories about Bulgarian mushrooms:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage...

I have similarly heard that the Japanese avoid Rhone wines because the Chernobyl fallout cloud passed over that area. A nuclear scientist friend from France told me that the government there is very circumspect regarding fallout from Chernobyl.

[Bostonbob3]

Savenor's has them sometimes. I'd call ahead though.

(BTW, got the same email and was drooling.)

[Wursthof]

You might want to go in the back room at Russo's and ask. Rumor has it the european variety are around for about $30/pound...rumor that is.

[JudyHP]

The Beacon Hill Savenors had them yesterday definitely.