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Mushrooms in the News: 06-16-17

Blended Burger Project coverage continues to be strong as restaurants promote their blended burgers in their hometown.

lTop highlights from the week include:

• The San Antonio Current touted three local participating restaurants, including Tatu’s Food Debauchery, who’s ‘Dragon Burger’ currently sits in sixth place (Image right).
• The Sun Herald highlighted the blended burger created by Chef Kristian Wade of Mississippi’s Beau Rivage Resort and Casino, complete with a how-to video. Wade noted in the post that participating in BBP is “the perfect opportunity to bring awareness of sustainable food sources to our staff and guests.”
• Inlander, an Urban Weekly in Spokane, Washington, posted an article titled “Eat less meat: Local chefs participate in James Beard ‘Blended Burger Project.’ It notes that mushrooms “heighten the rich and savory characteristics, called umami, of both the meat and mushrooms, and (…) the abundant and diverse fungi is significantly less expensive to procure, and offers a substantially lower environmental impact during production as compared to meat.”
• My Recipes shared Cooking Light’s video on Facebook demonstrating how to make a blended burger at home.

AP contributor and Food Network personality, Melissa D’Arabian posted a delicious meat and potatoes steakhouse salad, which ran in Washington Post. The salad celebrates traditional steakhouse flavors, including “garlicky meaty mushrooms.”

Since the launch of BBP, more than 1,500 posts have been posted to Instagram and Twitter by more than 800 users. Top posts this week include:

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NOTEWORTHY ARTICLES

Blend Coverage

• Dancing Marlin Part of ‘Blended Burger Project’ – Patch.com (Illinois)
• MN Fusion: Mercy Takes Part In James Beard Blended Burger Project – CBS Minnesota
• Where to Try the Local Burgers Participating in the James Beard Blended Burger Project – San Antonio Current
• We may be a ‘land mass’ in weather, but this blended burger will blow you away – Sun Herald (Mississippi) Note: Also in print
• These burgers are better for the environment…and better for you. (via Cooking Light) – My Recipes Facebook
• BEAU RIVAGE RESORT & CASINO ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATION IN THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION’S BLENDED BURGER PROJECT™ – Gulf Coast News
• Three WV restaurants in James Beard Foundation’s Blended Burger Project – Candace Lately (West Virginia)
• Cleveland Chefs Join In On Blended Burger Project – Cleveland Magazine
• Chicagoland Restaurants Participate in James Beard Blended Burger Project – Chicago Food Magazine
• Eat less meat: Local chefs participate in James Beard “Blended Burger Project” – Inlander (Washington)
• Steaks and burgers: where to treat dad this weekend – Wish TV (Indianapolis)
• Pizzeria Roberti opens on Chickasaw Trail, Argentinian pizza coming to Ivanhoe Village and more in local foodie news – Orlando Weekly
• 2 R.I. restaurants among those competing in national burger competition – Providence Journal (Rhode Island)
• VIDEO: Chefs embrace the blended burger – Meat + Poultry
• ‘Blended Burger’ Tempts in Northfield – Seven Days
• Lussi Brown Coffee Bar opens on Church Street with Pig & Pepper pies – Kentucky.com
• 3 New Orleans burgers seek votes in James Beard ‘blended burger’ contest – The Times-Picayune (NOLA)
• VINTAGE Kitchen Competes in the 2017 Blended Burger Project – Coastalvirginiamag.com
• VINTAGE Kitchen Competes in the 2017 Blended Burger Project – savorva.com
• James Beard Foundation’s Blended Burger Project Makes an Earth-Friendly Trend at Restaurants This Summer – Restaurant News Resource
• Recipe Friday: Toscana’s Blended Burger Project Burger – Phoenixmag.com
• James Beard Foundation’s Blended Burger Project Makes an Earth-Friendly Trend at Restaurants this Summer – Broadwayworld.com
• Blended Burger Project – getonlinevotes.com
• Two Phoenix Restaurants Are Competing in the James Beard Burger Battle, Voting Now Open – Phoenix New Times

 

Mushroom Nutrition, Recipes and Other News

• Burger Kings – Family Circle
• Meat and Potatoes Can Be Made Healthier as a Dinner Salad – Washington Post
• The joy of mushrooms: Flavorful recipes bring out the fun in fungus – The Columbus Dispatch
• Steak Diane with Cremini Mushrooms – My Whimsical Notions
• Baked Eggs and Mushrooms in Toast Cups – New England Today

 

NOTEWORTHY SOCIAL/ DIGITAL ACTIVITY

Most Popular Mushroom Channel Social Posts

Facebook: Your backyard barbecues just got a whole lot tastier thanks to these summer mushroom recipes ☀️?? >> http://mushro.ms/2qETlgT

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Blenditarian Facebook: “What’s the secret to building a better burger? If you ask the James Beard Foundation and Chefs Greg Denton and Gabi Quiñónez Denton, it’s using *less* meat.” (via Food Network) #blendedburgerproject #blenditarian

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Twitter: 7 ‘Shrooms You Should Be Eating For Major Health Benefits https://t.co/AXTtLscnGQ via #MushroomMonday

• 8 Reactions (responses, clicks, retweets)
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Blenditarian Twitter: No bun? No problem. Congrats to last night’s #Chicago @ChefFight#BlendedBurger Battle winner Darren McGraw of @ampersandchi ??? https://t.co/mqUKfNPX3i

• 6 Reactions (responses, clicks, retweets)
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Instagram: Your backyard barbecues just got a lot tastier! Check out our lineup of summer mushrooms recipes up on the blog today! ☀️?? LINK ? PROFILE

• 72 engagements

Blenditarian Instagram: Repost from @healthy_sav_takes_atl | A burger can’t possibly be healthy, right?!? Think again! Thanks to the @beardfoundation for the “The Blended Burger” Content going on now thru the end of July. Hampton + Hudson is featuring this one made with chicken, mushrooms, topped with kale & Swiss cheese! It was extremely flavorful for a traditional burger substitute!

• 45 engagements