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European white truffles can sell for as much as $3,600 a pound, making them and their fellow fungi the most expensive food in the world. One two-pound truffle recently sold for more than $300,000. All ...

When Jim Sanford was first approached by his boss at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee, about training a dog to sniff out truffles, Sanford was confident that he could deliver. There was just one ...

While you’ve already got Yelp and other apps to help you figure out where to eat, Truffle is designed specifically for sharing recommendations with friends and other people you know. A new update ...

"ALL RIGHT, TOM, lavora!" barked Jim Sanford at the curly-haired dog sniffing the duff. A cheery, bilingual Lagotto Romagnolo, Tom possesses a nose finely trained to the scent of culinary truffles.

Truffles and Umbria have been linked for centuries and the region produces the most high-end black truffles in Italy. Truffle hunting here combines the best of the culture and cuisine including: 1.

Those lucky enough to know the wonders of eating truffles will testify that this gift from the earth is the ultimate aphrodisiac. One might even go so far as to say it is the ultimate food experience, ...

Truffles are the wave of the future, at least according to Charles Lefevre, founder of Oregon’s New World Truffieres. Over 200 truffle orchards are now under development in the United States—and, ...

Truffle inspector Rene Roudiere walks his beat armed with a razor-sharp penknife and clear plastic baggies. In a warehouse, he plucks a lumpy black truffle from a tray and shaves off a moon-shaped ...