I was recently invited to contribute a post to Suzanne’s Dear Reader Column and was happy to oblige. The brief was to write on whatever topic I chose. Mushrooms came to mind.

I have some very old recipe books. Here’s a picture of the page that prompted my column.

Stewed mushrooms in gravy was a dish my mother used to make. It looked so disgusting that I never tried it until this year. Some of the readers of Suzanne’s blog asked me for the recipe. Since it’s not easy to read from this photogr...