Fall Means Chanterelles

It is a beautiful sunny day today... with just a hint of hollowness to the sun's warmth, that reminds us that fall is just around the corner. The Puyallup Fair has started, the air smells like blackberry pie, and when I got to the restaurant I found out the first local chanterelle mushrooms of the season had arrived!

I couldn't wait to plunge my face into the box and inhale their intoxicating apricot scent.

We love to do a simple appetizer by beer-battering the chanterelles, and serving them with a roasted garlic aioli [with a few drops of white truffle oil] to bring out their sweet & dusky scent. This appetizer will be on the menu until the fall mushroom season is over. Yum!