"Anything's better than mushroom stew, isn't it, Dad?"

Alternatives include a juicy, flavorful roast chicken ($14) served over polenta with a mushroom stew, and a fine piece of maple-glazed salmon ($15) that was not overly sweet.

Rack of lamb in a rosemary-mustard crust is fine, too, and so is roasted quail served with mushroom stew and black-truffle risotto.

He did cook a delightful mushroom stew, shaggy manes and chanterelles-- he knew them all.

Mr. Golea linked the goulash and the mushroom stew with white sauce to Transylvania, the region of Romanian from which he hails.

We recommend the mushroom stew that comes with a baked pastry top.

For about $15 diners can get a fixed menu meal that includes, as an example, reindeer pate, mushroom stew, Norwegian brie and fresh trout.

Well-executed fried calamari, shrimp-and-artichoke risotto, and roasted filet steak with peppered mushroom stew are a few examples.

It also allows us to keep and extend our meager findings of wild mushrooms by simply acting as a flavor enhancer rather than a main course like mushroom stew.

We go with the Teutonic theme, ordering a somber, flavorful wild mushroom stew for an appetizer, then boiled beef in oxtail broth.