Foie gras is grilled over apple wood until just slightly blackened outside and served with woody roasted wild mushrooms.

Vegetarians can feast on hearty salads, plus sides like roasted wild mushrooms.

Presently they were sitting down to what proved to be surprisingly delicious roasted blue mushrooms, hot coffee, and a momentary, if false, sense of safety.

When it does, it can be exceptional, like the standout appetizer of roasted wild mushrooms atop tricolor salad.

We shared a beauty, loaded with roasted mushrooms and rosemary.

At lunch, a small New York strip steak with caramelized onions, roasted mushrooms and just the right amount of blue cheese glaze was another winner.

But the pickled, roasted mushrooms could be an acquired taste, and potatoes stuffed with raisins and cashews didn't quite gel.

The flavor is so intense that it suggests truffles, and the filling, made from freshly roasted mushrooms, has real texture.

These can include classics such as funghi arrosto (roasted mushrooms) and lumaconi (big snails).

Pungent saffron risotto cakes were perfectly paired with roasted wild mushrooms.