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Liquid Gold
A much-savored return to the mushroom soup trail.
By Kurt Jacobson | Photos By Jim Graham
Napa, California, has its wine trail. Madison, Wisconsin, has one devoted to artisan cheeses. There’s even a pie trail in Indiana. Yet, somehow, in Kennett Square—the self-proclaimed Mushroom Capital of the World—they haven’t made a mushroom soup trail official. For a 2018 issue of The Hunt, I forged my own trail, trying every version of the soup I could find in the Brandywine Valley.
There have been a few changes since, so I hit the trail again. And with Kennett Square’s 39th annual Mushroom Festival coming Sept. 7-8, it seemed like a great time to catch up.
STOP 1: Not many restaurants stay in business longer than
10 years. Portabellos of Kennett Square has stayed the course by attracting plenty of repeat customers with its impeccable
A bowl of the signature mushroom soup from Portobellos of Kennett Square.
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