Mushroom season: Hunts, festivals and dinners

If the mere mention of chanterelles and morels gets you salivating, consider a trip to a mushroom festival this fall. Mendocino County, about 90 miles north of San Francisco, hosts a Mushroom Festival, Nov. 7-16, www.gomendo.com, with hunts for chanterelles, porcinis, morels and rarer varieties like the candy cap and hedgehog mushroom. Mushroom-themed dinners are offered throughout the area, along... [Read more]