"That's why we call it mushroom hunting, not mushroom picking." - Jack Czarnecki on the rigors of foraging for mushrooms...

"My best memories growing up were foraging with the whole family, making a day of it," says Chris. "For us it’s always been...

Growing up outside the Willamette Valley in Eastern and Central Oregon meant my parents piled the kids in the station wagon—I preferred t...

When the caller ID on my phone says Jack Czarnecki, I don't wait for the second ring before I pick up. When he says to show up at his...

I heard my e-mail inbox ping with an incoming message. The subject line: "Sharoooooms!!!" It was from one of my favorite peop...

Jack Czarnecki loves to take newbs out and demonstrate the wonderful world of mushrooms, edible or not. And who better to introduce the s...

"I'm ceding the field to Chloe today," said Jack Czarnecki, master mushroom and truffle hunter. He'd just been bested b...

I'd heard about Oregon truffles. I'd eaten Oregon truffles. But I'd never had the opportunity to go out and dig them myself. ...

Jack Czarnecki is a busy guy. Not only does he spend countless hours tramping through the woods looking for mushrooms and Oregon truffles...