(n.) An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris).
Example Sentences:
(1) STAY in a modern-day shepherd's hut recycled from old touring caravans in a glade close to Bodiam castle with the Original Hut Company (01580 831 845, original-huts.co.uk , from £79 a night) Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham Long before foraging became trendy, David Everitt-Matthias was cooking astonishing plates using the hedgerow's bounty to supplement top-quality produce.
(2) He and his wife Helen have been offering what many call "the meal of a lifetime" at Le Champignon Sauvage two-course lunch £26) since 1987.
(3) There are also worn-out furrows on the ground – throughout the 20th century, empty quarries were used to produce quantities of button mushrooms known as “Champignon de Paris”; today they are mainly imported from China.
(4) Hanson points me in the direction of snow cheese, a confection made from double cream, sugar, lemon and egg white that should ideally be served in a heart-shaped porcelain dish as once sold by Elizabeth David Ltd. For myself, I will take the recipe for champignons à la grecque, as it appears in Summer Cooking – an oily and delicious dish of my childhood, when my parents, in their flares and cheesecloth shirts, first began experimenting with "foreign food".