Huitlacoche

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One of my favorite food discoveries lately, huitlacoche. Esperanza, a Oaxaqueña farmer introduced me to it.

It’s an edible fungus that grows underneath certain corn husks.

Tastes like a mushroom (I mean, duh) but with a bitter, garlicky edge.

Rec: Good in quesadillas.