Morels have captured the imagination of America's cooks: more than any other mushroom, they entice chefs to forage in the wilderness each spring, attempting to find the treasured, honeycombed fungus in its hiding places in the wild.

In The Art of Cooking Morels , Ruth Mossok Johnston brings together more than 80 recipes for this delicacy, suitable for cooking with fresh mushrooms in season or dried year-round. The recipes, accompanied by stunning full-color illustrations, offer options for appetizers, soups, entrées, and side dishes from simple and elegant to exotic and sophisticated, and always mindful of highlighting the delicate morel.

Johnston's recipes are heart healthy, inventive, and delicious. The author also includes instructions for handling, storing, and preserving morels.

Ruth Mossok Johnston is the owner of Feed Me Heartfully, LLC, a company that specializes in an intergenerational approach to healthy food and a creative healthy lifestyle. She is also an author of cookbooks, a food journalist, and a culinary consultant. Ruth was the Editorial Director for Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, heading the division of Family and Consumer Sciences—encompassing all the books on food, nutrition, culinary arts, and interior design. As a freelance journalist, she wrote for Meredith Publishing, Food.Com, the Christian Science Monitor, the American Heart Association, Old House Journal, the Detroit Free Press, and the Jewish News.

David McCall Johnston is an internationally known artist/illustrator. Represented for more than 40 years in New York, he is identified in the book The Illustrator in America 1880—1980 and the companion book The Illustrator in America 1860—2000. Some of his commissions include paintings for the Jules Verne Museum in Nantes, France; the Holocaust Museum; New York University; Steuben Glass; and Mt. Rushmore's Golden Anniversary; corporate art for Hickory Farms, Earthy Delights, Keeneland, Michigan Apple Growers, Whirlpool Corporation, and Maker's Mark Distillery; illustrations for many award-winning books; and artwork for private collectors.