KENNETT SQUARE — Kathi Lafferty just might have stumbled on, or stumbled through, the pet rock of the new millennium: Kennett Square Potpourri. Packaged in a 2-inch clear green glass jar with a cork in the top, the “potpourri” is 1 ounce of mushroom substrate, an enticing mix of straw, horse manure, hay, poultry manure, […]
Snack N Shrooms® Print Very Tasty! Recipe type: Entree Ingredients Sliced black olives Roasted red peppers Onions Garlic Olive oil Penne pasta Snack N Shrooms® Very Tasty! Instructions Saute sliced black olives, roasted red peppers, onions & garlic in olive oil, toss with penne pasta – top with bits ‘n pieces of spicy Snack […]
Joel Palmer House Salmon Cakes with Truffle Mayonnaise Print As a leading authority on mushrooms, those earthy little aphrodisiacs, Jack Czarnecki of Joel Palmer House has long been one of our favorite chefs. But now that he also hunts truffles, Czarnecki has shot up to the top of our list. This recipe incorporates Czarnecki’s […]
Kathi Lafferty is amused when people tell her that New Jersey residents would not be interested in Kennett Square’s annual Mushroom Festival. “I have people who come from Nevada,” says Lafferty, the festival coordinator. A man from Washington state called her to ask which airport he should fly into. The event, scheduled this year for […]
When Kathi Lafferty heard that exhibits from the closed Phillips Mushroom Museum were available, she jumped at the chance to display them. “I couldn’t pass these museum pieces up,” says Lafferty, owner of The Mushroom Cap, a boutique at 114 W. State St. “I just couldn’t.” Out went the baby department of her adjoining business, […]