SACRAMENTO, Calif. — January’s storms brought havoc to metropolitan Sacramento, trashing public parks and smashing houses and cars around town. But in the region’s hills, all that rain meant mushrooms, to the joy of foragers such as Tyler Bond.
A partner in Arden Arcade’s Lemon Grass Restaurant, Bond has developed a reputation around the local culinary scene for both his cooking and his ability to find delicious wild mushrooms.
Bond treks through the hillsides of Napa, Sonoma and Contra Costa counties, searching for fungal delicacies after heavy rains. With a friend and a full day of hiking, he can come back with 40 pounds of mushrooms, he said.
