Venison Stew with Chinese Flavours

This Chinese-style stew is wonderful served over noodles or rice. If you wish, you can add reconstituted dried shiitake mushrooms and use the soaking liquid to replace the same amount of water in the recipe. You also can make this stew with any game meat.

Filet of Pork with Mushrooms and Asiago

Pork tenderloin is a terrific alternative to pork roast when you're serving just a few people. Substitute shiitake or portobello mushrooms for the cremini mushrooms if you prefer. If you do not have any fresh thyme, substitute 1/4 tsp dried thyme. Serve topped with chopped fresh parsley.

Yukon Gold and Mushroom Soup

Obermeier's mushroom soup is smooth, with its creaminess coming more from potatoes than from the splash of cream, and has a late, liberal addition of mushrooms that have been saut? to intensify their flavour and add texture to every spoonful. Shiitake caps are the most woodsy mushrooms available in produce sections.

Spicy Vegetable Fried Brown Rice

This healthy take on fried rice mixes brown rice with a variety of tasty veggies. Shiitake mushroom stems are tougher than the delicate caps but packed with flavour, so reserve them for homemade vegetable stock. Use the stock as a base for mushroom soup or substitute for the vegetable broth in this recipe.

Two-Mushroom Terrine

This recipe combines the common white or brown mushrooms with a generous addition of oyster mushrooms to make an exotic appetizer terrine. Serve in thin slices with crackers at a stand-up event or, for sit-down occasions, serve in thicker slices on lettuce with cherry tomatoes and a dollop of dressing from Fresh Shiitake Mushroom and Avocado Salad.

Grilled Mushroom-Stuffed Pork Loin

Pair up these two Ontario products for a spectacular rolled and barbecued roast. Buy a few of each mushroom - button, cremini, shiitake (use caps only) and oyster - for the stuffing. Wrapping the roast in bacon imparts smoky flavour and keeps the meat moist. It would be hard to deny that bacon makes everything taste better.

Japanese Chicken Hot Pot (Mizutaki)

Miso-Marinated Salmon

Mushroom & Soba Noodle Salad