Look what I found beside a trail this afternoon, a k or so from my house! #mushrooms #epicure. I used them in a risotto this evening. No bad!

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#January 21, 1338
#OTD Charles V of #France, called the #Wise, is born.

An #Epicure, he commissioned Taillevent to write the first #Cookbook, "Le Viandier."

Charles loved #Strawberries & #Cherries. He ordered 1,200 #Strawberry #Plants & 1,000 #Cherry #Trees for the Royal #Garden. It marked a change in the trend of cultivating strawberries in #Gardens instead of #Foraging for them in the #Forest.

Some #Historians believe Charles V died after eating #Amanita #Mushrooms.

#December 14, 1878
#OTD Edward Bunyard, #English #Nurseryman, #Pomologist, #Rosarian, & #Food #Writer, is born.

Edward #Wrote, A #Handbook of Hardy #Fruits & The #Epicure's Companion.
Every #Christmas, he enjoyed his #Favorite #Apple, Orléans Reinette, with a glass of #Port.

He is #Remembered for his #Landmark #Book, The #Anatomy of #Dessert, in which he wrote,

It is the duty of an apple to be #Crisp + #Crunchable, but a #Pear should have such a
#Texture as leads to #Silent #Consumption."