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Feast on affordable, gourmet dishes like a habanero-flecked patty melt or pork loin stuffed with sauteed kale and cremini mushroom duxelles.

Ricotta dumplings chewed stiffly doughy, rather than like tasty, light morsels; accompanying pea pods stayed pleasantly crunchy, but for $28, the mushrooms were scant — and cremini, with morels in season.

To keep the texture, I stuck with the cremini but seared them harder to develop some caramelization.

Add the cremini mushrooms, trying to arrange them cut side down as best you can.

Whether you're using cremini, oyster, portobello, white button or practically any other variety, these techniques are all applicable.