I never used to like mushrooms until a few years ago. I still think the texture is pretty funky, but the flavor is so wonderful.

There's this tiny French take out place nearby that changes their menu every month. And in February 2008, they had a wild mushroom and sage pasta that blew my mind. Toward the end of the month, when I knew they would change the menu again, I bought 3 orders of the pasta and froze them. But that only lasted me like 2 weeks. Since then, I've been checking the restaurant menu every single month to see if its back on the menu. It's been over 2 years and hasn't made a reappearance on the menu, and every time I check and I don't see it, it makes me want to cry.

I've tried making the dish myself, but I never really come close. I think the mushrooms are steeped in clarified or brown butter. The whole dish was light and powerfully savory at the same time. Ahhh, I wish I could eat it again!