Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 21hJust a reminder that the PNW is fucking jaw dropping. Cascadia primacy 4 ever 115014
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Folks behind me in line at Hama Hama oysters were debating wine bottles, and I unsolicitedly turned and was like “they have a Sicilian grillo and if I wasn’t by myself I would absolutely get it, you never see it here and it’s made for seafood” They did & liked it so much they shared some with me 🥲 2170
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026By FAR the thing I make with the widest delta between its photogenic-ness and taste is the kachka braised chanterelles in smetana & cream. It looks like a pile of brown split glop but it tastes like actual magic. Paired here with QFC bakery bread & a pan seared commodity pork loin chop. Heaven 180
Reposted by Jess Liotta 🍄Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 02/10/20265. The tell tale matsutake cinnamon funk scent is potentially helpful supporting info, but these can grow literally right next to each other. It’s theoretically possible for the amanita to pick up some of it. Unlikely, but possible! But as a pretty subjective ID feature scent isn’t best here anyway 181
Reposted by Jess Liotta 🍄Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 02/10/20263. Matsutake will always have a podzol covered grey sandy “foot,” the amanita will be pointier and more duff-dirty 4. The cross section of an amanita will show a faint outline of the mushroom cap near the top (see photo) and the matsutake will mostly BE cap and stipe 151
Reposted by Jess Liotta 🍄Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There are a few differentiating features from a smith’s amanita egg & a wee matsutake! 1. The fluffy veil remnants on the outside of an amanita will be loose and likely come off/stick to your hands. It’s schmutzy 2. It will be brittle if squeezed; a matsutake is FIRM and will not explode to bits 152
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Oh yeah and this was my ratio of chanterelles to matsutake today. They made me WORK for every one. So much goddamn walking!! But I had a good feeling about where I was and I really believed that they’d be there if I was gonna find any this week, and lo and behold…! 1181
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Two and a half damn days wandering around the woods and FINALLY today I hit what I’ve really been looking for 1101
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is pretty much just Saturday night familyfriend dinner at my house tbh 160
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Turned some of the buckets of chanterelles that I literally (like actually literally) cannot go into the forest without stepping on here into a risotto, with half a square of robiola cheese blended in, and leftover pintxos party salsa verde. And omg, I wish I could share this with all y’all 2271
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Our new next door neighbors texted that they found a mummified possum skeleton-body under a shed they removed and asked do we want it? Including a photo (which will probably get me suspended if I post here lol). 10/10, we have clearly won the neighbor lottery 3102
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I’m not sure there’s a better feeling than stumbling onto this in a new-to-you patch of woods and then realizing it’s like that in absolutely every direction all around 3494
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I did famously dress to impress at my Trackers interview by bringing bacon I had cured and smoked from a pig I butchered myself, although admittedly I didn’t do any of that AT the interview. Probably would have scored even more major points if yes tho 030
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There are few things I can relate to less than folks being stoked for the chill fall nip in the air. Like ok I get into the food and the clothes I haven’t worn for awhile, for the novelty. I don’t even give a fuck about the dark tbh. But the cold returning is the fucking literal worst, i hate it 020
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’ve been striking out on Polyozellus (blue chanterelle) the last few years but NOT TODAY. These are Miro’s particular favorites; I’m gonna make pasta (which turns totally black!!) and smoked jerky I think! 3131
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Today in the shrimpquarium everyone is pretty stoked about algae wafers (Also I hate the new light color gravel, but my African dwarf frog research persuaded me they’ll literally eat aquasoil and die so I capped it asap; gonna find some dark gravel and swap it out later) 001
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We have a running bit in the group chat that’s basically “🚨Agnes Callard Mentioned (derogatory)🚨” and of course. Of COURSE her name is in this list of slimeballs 110
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I mostly forgot to get glamor shots before they went into their holders last night but here they are. Those kids do not know how good they have it i tell you WHAT 270
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Guess who volunteered to make 3 different conventional pies (and one gluten free) for the kids’ school retreat tomorrow because the sign up sheet was awfully slim and she’ll be damned if the kids will eat supermarket bakery pie 1140
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’ve had good luck upping my Indian food game by picking a region and cooking the local version of a slate of things. My favorite resource for regionally specific Indian cuisine the gold standard is India Cookbook by Pushpesh Pant. NB it is, um… eccentrically organized and light on context. HOWEVER 140
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Made Lucknow style lamb biryani at home tonight (and also same area styles of chicken korma and baingan bharta) and dang. I am a believer now of Lucknowi biryani supremacy 1110
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Shout out to the two charming queer fellas at the fish store who, while we were chatting about tricky-to-grow-aquatic plants, somehow kept neutral faces when I said “oh yeah, I’ve definitely shoved in a LOT of weird stuff” 011
Reposted by Jess Liotta 🍄Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Tilly Norwood is a nepo baby her dad was in GI Joeyoutu.beFensler GI Joe PSA 15: Help Computer [HQ]YouTube video by Moxie Sideshow™ 39210
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you blend 5-6 garlic cloves, an entire small bunch of tarragon, several spoonfuls of Dijon & an equal quantity of kewpie mayo, a quantity of knorr chicken bouillon, olive oil salt & pepper and put it on a chicken to roast It is. VERY good. (And pairs great with a late summer tomato Dijon tart) 080
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The delta between how moss smells in the forest (verdant, woodsy, clean, enticing) and how moss slurry for propagating into terrariums or aquariums smells (rotten, horrifying, putrid, repulsive) is approximately one hundred thousand miles wide 030
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I just spent two days planting out Miro’s upgraded 15.7 gallon and Kai’s 26 gallon aquariums and I only superglued a plant to my own fingers ONCE.I deserve an award 140
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just finished recording another super fun episode as a mushroom-knowing guest on the Oregonian's Peak Northwest podcast, this time all about the marvelous matsutake. When the ep comes out I'll link to it and do a little thread about some of the wild, WILD history of matsutake foraging in the PNW 140
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Fun fact: Miro basically does not swear, but will drop a fully unedited "FUCK her" whenever she comes up in conversation. And when you get that kind of language from actual nicest person Miro, let me tell you it really really hits. Like, you know they MEAN IT 280
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Along with the shrimplets and lovely mystery snail Nyx, the UCMKA local 57 welcomes the final comrade type in the downstairs aquarium, three African dwarf aquatic frogs. Presenting: Frodo, Sam, and Sméagol 130
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 11/09/2026THE SHRIMP UNION IS EXPANDING BECAUSE WE HAVE SHRIMPLETS!! 051
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 10/09/2026NYT Cooking has been pushing a guava cake all week but the comments weren’t reassuring. So I made my own damn guava cake, heavily influenced by the stunning Stella Parks double strawberry cake recipe. And a quick couple strawberry gelatin circles for the middle and top. Wow!! 270
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Okay I know my aquarium problem has reached a new height because I just committed to a co2 enriched tank setup for the one I’m making in Kai’s room (and upgrading to one for Miro’s) lolololol god help me 110
Reposted by Jess Liotta 🍄B. Kirisaki @kirisaki.moe.observer · 08/09/2026UCMKA STRONG! (United Crustaceans of the Mushroom Kingdom Aquariums) 021
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Happy Labor Day from UCMKA Local 57, who remind you that your boss can’t prevent you from talking about your wages to colleagues, and non-competes are partially or fully unenforceable in many states (and mostly unethical everywhere) 😌🦐 2101
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Years ago I set new events to default to my personal google calendar. I've meant to change it back to the family calendar for ages (I have a hojillion Kai climbing events to add) and finally went to do it. Apparently google has eliminated that capability :) :) :) i am going to set something on fire 011
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I am making this post entirely to brag about how fucking P E R F E C T these biscuits are. Tender, golden brown exterior crunch, fluffy, and layers like a goddamn doorstopper fantasy novel. I am a biscuit wizard 1353
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 06/09/2026We have this like 14” x 14” white board up over our kitchen table, and Miro’s weekly compositions are, uh… quite something 070
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Omfg an artist on Instagram included Caper in her sleeping dogs project and she’s gonna mail it to me, wowowo. Look at himmm! 😍😍😍 (Her account is @jamieclarkart) 190
Reposted by Jess Liotta 🍄David Frew @drvon2.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Facts like this are the main reason people should be on BlueSky 219441
Reposted by Jess Liotta 🍄mcc @dryad.technology · 01/09/2026This is the single biggest physics discovery of my entire lifetime. Or something's wrong with one of the cables. One of the two 9961211239
Reposted by Jess Liotta 🍄Anathema 🏳️🌈🏴☠️ @anathemaweatherwax.bsky.social · 30/08/2026www.fauna-flora.org/news/celebra...fauna-flora.orgCelebrating Kazakhstan’s first wild-born Przewalski’s horse in 200 yearsA Przewalski’s horse foal has been born in Central Kazakhstan for the first time in 200 years- a big step on the road to population recovery. 11346681
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I didn’t win (because I reached a bit too far with my presentation and decoration lolol), but I received zero (0) critiques or notes from the judges on my flavor or actual component taste. TBH everything taste and bake wise came out PERFECT and I’m absolutely not mad about it! God that was so fun 1130
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 30/08/2026FIRST IN THE TECHNICAL, back tomorrow for the showstopper, and my fellow bakers are so nice and so fucking talented 🤩 2180
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 29/08/2026My molds BETRAYED ME & had sticking issues but the actual composition (and the ones that came out with no issues) was perfect so I’m not mad about it! I couldn’t get a pic in the tent but they looked like this: Cannolo candy bars with sheep milk crema and crunchy shell, pistachio, orange peel. 4110
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I can neither confirm nor deny that one of the things I’m making this weekend might be referenced in my nails right now 050