A truffle is a fungus, not a mushroom, a modern and expensive luxury. They resemble irregular, lumpy balls or "little potatoes." ...

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As it stands, truffle fries, truffle mac-and-cheese and truffle butters have become commonplace even at the most casual eateries, and yet the delicacy is still as enigmatic as ingredients come. Unlike ...

Did you catch Hal Bernton’s story in the Sunday Times on ‘dog-found truffles,’ learning how harvesters like Alana McGee use trained canines to sniff out the ripest, premium fungi? Here’s a little bit ...