A staple of East Asian cuisine, shiitake mushrooms are a delicious addition to many dishes, from hearty bowls of ramen to comforting ginger chicken jook. While shiitakes seem like any other ...

Shiitake are now cultivated in Britain and can be bought fresh or dried. Snip off the hard stems (but don’t discard them – add to soups and stock). Shiitake go well with pork, meat and steamed ...

Shiitake mushrooms are not only a staple in Asian cuisine but also feature prominently in dishes like ramen, dashi, and various dumpling fillings. They offer impressive health benefits ...

For dried mushrooms, soak them in water, ideally overnight, before cooking. If time is limited, soak shiitake in hot water for at least two hours. The caps will become firm, but the stems may ...

But sometimes you might not be able to find fresh shiitake mushrooms at the grocery store, and most of us don't have time to scrounge around multiple places for an ingredient, so we spoke with ...

Japan is one of the leading producers of shiitake mushrooms. These mushrooms are notoriously difficult to cultivate on a commercial scale — especially when using the 1,000-year-old Japanese ...

Luxury "Nototemari" shiitake mushrooms are displayed after fetching a record price of 350,000 yen ($2,200) per bowl of six at this year's first auction in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture ...