You’ve probably heard talk of “magic mushrooms” (or you’ve consumed them, that’s cool too). Of course, you’d probably be thinking of the hallucinogenic variety, but as it turns out, regular old ...

What if someone told you there's an incredibly easy way to add umami to your home cooked meals, from a fluffy egg scramble at breakfast to a late night chocolate indulgence? You might be surprised to ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Fun guys (and gals) love fungi, mostly of the ...

I love Patricia Wells’ My Master Recipes book. I don’t use her recipe for Mushroom Soup, because it starts out with 2 cups of heavy cream, but I did learn the technique that makes my mushroom soup the ...