Reluctance

Whole Wheat Linguine with Braised Mushrooms 
This is super easy and super yummy!

1 pound shiitake or mixed wild mushrooms
3-4 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup vegetable stock
Course salt
2 TBSP fresh thyme
4 cups whole wheat linguine
1/4 cup reserved pasta water
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Sear the mushrooms in the olive oil, then add the stock and reduce completely.  Season with salt.  Add the fresh thyme, cooked linguine, and the water.  Toss and cook for 4-5 minutes.  Season with salt and pepper and serve with grated parmesan.





        Reluctance

Out through the fields and the woods
And over the walls I have wended;
I have climbed the hills of view
And looked at the world and descended;
I have come be the highway home,
And lo, it is ended.

The leaves are all dead on the ground,
Save those that the oak is keeping
To ravel them one be one
And let them go scraping and creeping
Out over the crusted snow,
When others are sleeping.

And the dead leaves lie huddled and still,
No longer blown hither and thither;
The last lone aster is gone;
The flowers of the witch-hazel wither;
The heart is still aching to seek,
But the feet question 'Whither?'

Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,

And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?

                          - Robert Frost