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# Mushrooms on the Mother Fire
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/lidia-celebrates-america/extras/mushrooms-mother-fire-2fx0wa/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:52:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T08:47:34.000Z
- Description: Ironbound Head Chef, Gunnar Bentley, shows Lidia how to cook on the 'mother fire'.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Lidia Celebrates America, #ZZZ_Show_73725357-5345-4d91-b1dc-7769ddf28616, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_950f4c5b-495e-442b-bfe0-125041b48997, #extra

At Ironbound Farm in Asbury Township, New Jersey, Head Chef, Gunnar Bentley, shows Lidia how to cook mushrooms as well as chicken on what they call the “mother fire,” an incredible 30-foot-tall outdoor grill. Opened as a cidery only a few years ago, the Farm has a big mission: training members of chronically underemployed populations with valuable farming skills to bring back to their communities.