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I'm going to start with Hen of the Wood, and a couple of disclaimers.
It starts this weekend, with Hen Harrier day, a celebration of England's most persecuted bird of prey.
Center Parcs is also popular with hen parties, stag dos, and assorted soap stars (Tamzin Outhwaite, at any rate), so it's not all about families.
Which brings me neatly to Micklegate's more recent reputation as the north's most elegant drinking locale, a half-mile neck of pubs, clubs and bars, all choked with hen parties and braying stags.
Some gay bars are filled with hen parties and hetero tourists gawping, and camp is often adopted as a way of showing how right-on and relaxed they are in their straight identity.
Valentine's Day starters include warm asparagus with hen of the woods mushroom, truffle and porcini mousseline sauce; Maine lobster salad with grapefruit, hearts of palm and Holland yellow peppers; and slow-roasted shiitake mushroom tart with haricots verts, shallots and black truffles.
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Ramps are in season early this year, so I know I'll use those somehow — perhaps sautéed with hen-of-the-woods mushrooms and spinach.
Over the past year, Al di Là has been preparing a terrific dish of pan-roasted cod, wild striped bass or hake, depending on the night, with hen-of-the-woods mushrooms and plenty of butter.
He uses fragrant pea leaves to send out a fresh green scent in a well-executed risotto that's plumped out with hen-of-the-woods mushrooms and chubby rock shrimp.
At brunch, when the front wall of windows lets in a flood of sunlight on even the gloomiest spring morning, scrambled eggs, golden and delicate, are accompanied by a hearty ragout laden with hen-of-the-woods mushrooms.
But the net result — served on a bed of julienned leeks with hen-of-the-woods mushrooms, and a pale, foie gras sauce — was a dish that was too delicate.
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