A visit to an all-fungi restaurant in Mexico City

Mexico has a long history of mushroom cultivation and consumption, since pre-hispanic times. But for a long time, those traditions were dismissed and forgotten. Now, the country is rediscovering recipes and methods to cultivate, eat and preserve wild mushrooms. The World’s Mexico Correspondent Tibisay Zea takes us to an all-fungi restaurant in Mexico City.

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