A culinary treasure: How mushroom foraging enriches a local chef's creations

Travis Kukull receives a lot of messages from friends, family, and randos up and down the Upper Lynn Canal every year around this time.

“People text me pictures of things all the time.” They take pictures of fungi and send them to Kukull’s phone to see if they’re edible. But Kukull is the first to admit he doesn’t know everything and that he’s not a scientist.

“I’m just a chef, but I am a mushroom nerd,” he said.

It’s true – Kukull has been a chef for 25 years. Right now, he owns Malo Nista Catering in Haines. But his fungal fascination reigns supreme and the proof of that can be found by scro...

 

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