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Writing Prompt #144: Writing about Food

Writing Prompt #144: Writing about Food

When you try to feed yourself but nearly poison yourself instead

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Suzanne Roberts
Jun 08, 2025
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Writing Prompt #144: Writing about Food
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Hi Friends,

It’s morel season here in California’s Sierra Nevada. Morels grow after fire, in the most disturbed earth, the black-capped convoluted mushroom cannot be cultivated, and the fungus fetches hefty sums in expensive restaurants and specialty shops.

Here’s what morels look like

I recently saw them in the San Francisco ferry building for 65 dollars …

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