Starters include a goat cheese salad ($7) and a wild mushroom strudel for $10.

Choicest was the wild mushroom strudel: succulent oyster and shiitake mushrooms enveloped in crisp pastry.

The prize among appetizers was wild mushroom strudel, served with a lemon Chardonnay sauce - a bounteous, richly flavored dish.

Preparing the mushroom strudels began with the laying of four large filo sheets next to each other on a long stainless steel counter.

On the first evening he demonstrated how the mushroom strudels were garnished and set on the plate.

Begin the meal with the twin, no-filler crab cakes or with the light mushroom strudel.

For an appetizer, try the delectable mushroom strudel ($9), then, the Chilean sea bass, a house specialty ($31).

Robert Kincaid, the chef at 21 Federal in Washington, uses it in his signature dish of wild mushroom strudel.

Its hand-printed recipes are hard to read, and good recipes like mushroom strudel and zucchini-crusted pizza are hidden by the rustic drawings.

The chef prepares roasted boneless chicken served over an herb-butter sauce with wild mushroom strudel and sauteed spinach.