Eugenia Bone

Eugenia Bone

Eugenia Bone is an internationally known food and science writer whose work has appeared in many anthologies, magazines, and newspapers. She is a member of the faculty at the New York Botanical Garden where she teaches classes on mycophagy and psychedelic mushrooms. She is the author or co-author of eight books on food and biology, including the category staple Mycophilia, and most recently, the Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook (December, 2021). She has been nominated for a variety of awards, including a James Beard Award. Eugenia is featured in the documentary directed by Louie Schwartzberg, Fantastic Fungi (2019), and in the Netflix children’s show about food, Waffles + Mochi (the mushroom episode) produced by Michele Obama’s Higher Ground Productions. 

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FANTASTIC FUNGI:
Community Cookbook

Edited by Eugenia Bone; recipes by the Fantastic Fungi community.

Insight Editions, December 7, 2021
(hardcover, 264 pages) 978-1647222956

Featuring 100 mushroom-centric recipes written by the people who know mushroom cooking best: mushroom lovers! These are the kinds of recipes you will cook for dinner: simple, family-friendly recipes representing ethnicities from all over the world.

The story behind the making of this book is the story of a community. Mycophiles from all over the USA and beyond shared their mushrooms recipes on the Fantastic Fungi movie website. Eugenia worked with 50 plus of those authors to develop their recipes for publication, and in the process, new connections and friendships were made. It’s what Louie, the director of the film calls the “Mycelial connection.” The resulting cookbook is an accurate portrayal of a community with one thing in common: mushrooms!

“A masterpiece. The Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook is, by far, the best culinary guide to cooking and pairing mushrooms. . . . This book makes me so hungry, I want to eat it.” 
—Paul Stamets, mycologist and author

 
Winner of the NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS
Silver: Food, Cooking and Healthy Living
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Eugenia Bone appears in the mushroom episode of Michele Obama’s new children’s show.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

AUGUST 18

TELLURIDE MUSHROOM FESTIVAL
BOOK SIGNING

3:00 PM

 
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AUGUST 20

TELLURIDE MUSHROOM FESTIVAL

COOKING MUSHROOMS
PANEL / TALK

2:00 PM

 
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SEPTEMBER 19

“Psychedelic Mushrooms”
New York Botanical Gardens
Adult Education

ONLINE CLASS
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6:00 – 8:00 PM

Discover the power, the allure, and the science of psychedelic mushrooms. Food journalist and former president of the New York Mycological Society, Eugenia Bone, author of Mycophilia, will discuss the biology of these potent fungi, their cultural history, and contemporary use and regulation in the U.S., as well as the efforts underway to decriminalize and utilize them in therapeutic practice.

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Fantastic Fungi

I’m featured in Fantastic Fungi, a hugely popular documentary film about fungi and their role in the health of soil, plants, and humans. The film has 100% Rotten Tomatoes, rave reviews from the Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times, among others, and a passionate fan base that keeps growing.

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FreshCap
February 20, 2022

For The Love of Mushrooms With Eugenia Bone

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People’s Pharmacy
Febraury 8, 2022

Show 1288: Culinary and Medicinal Properties of Fantastic Fungi.

 

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The Splendid Table
January 21, 2022

Episode 749: The Magnificent Mushroom

 

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BBC Radio
January 7, 2022

Fungi: The New Frontier.
Down the Rabbit Hole.

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Mushroom Botanical Art

With an introduction by Eugenia Bone

A collection of mushroom and fungi paintings by European and Japanese naturalists in 18th to 19th century. The paintings each show the plant in its natural habitat and have been executed in a straightforward natural history illustration style with meticulous attention to detail.

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Fantastic Fungi

How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet

An awe-inspiring visual journey through the exotic, little-known realm of fungi and its amazing potential to positively influence our lives.

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Microbia

A Journey into the Unseen World Around You

A microbiology primer that takes the layman on a broad survey of the role of microbes in nature and illustrates their importance to the existence of everything: atmosphere, soil, plants, and us.

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Mycophilia

Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms

In Mycophilia, Eugenia Bone examines the role of fungi as exotic delicacy, curative, poison, and hallucinogen, and ultimately discovers that a greater understanding of fungi is key to facing many challenges of the 21st century.

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