Are you looking for both adventure and a break from the hustle and bustle of the city? Moritz Schmid, author of Into the Woods, invites you to rediscover the thrill of losing yourself in the forest. Reading “Into the Woods” feels like wandering around with a friend who loves to share their knowledge of the forest and its infinite mushroom species before you gather around a table to enjoy your haul. The book shares the golden rules of mushroom hunting, what to take along on a foraging trip, the ABCs of mushroom identification – hello real chanterelle, bay bolete and orange birch bolete – and how to skillfully prepare your find. How about smoked porcini mushroom butter, chanterelles on grilled cucumber and barbequed cep boletus with wild herbs and mojo verde? The book is full of compelling testimonies by people who reveal the effect the forest has on them. Just reading it leaves you relaxed, inspired and full of wanderlust. (Text: Lisa Strube / Photos: Johanna Rademacher-Flesland & Moritz Schmid)
