Ten days ago, I went to my neighbors for a barbecue. Delicious, summery food – we had grilled fish and plenty of eggplant and zucchini! – good wine and chats with friends: what can you ask more from an end of august Saturday night?

As we live in the countryside, and we are surrounded by beautiful mushroom and truffle-yielding woods, our discussion soon moved to how the mushroom season was going to be: it had just rained for a few days in a row, but temperatures were said to raise again, the perfect recipe for plenty of porcini and co. Indeed, last week was hot again and mushroom hunters all over the area got excited: after a couple of years of meager results, in 2022 we may have a good harvest.