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New York's $200 french fries offer 'escape' from reality
Sprinkled with edible gold and seasoned with truffle salt and truffle oil, they are served on a crystal plate with an orchid, thin-sliced truffles, and a Mornay cheese dip.
Tue Jul 27 2021
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Finding truffles: Documentary sniffs out a dying Italian art
A treasure found only by a dying breed of hunters and their dogs in the forests of Piedmont, Italy.
Thu Mar 11 2021
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Hunting gastronomic gold in Italy's truffle country
It's the early hours of the morning and Giovanni Sacchetto is explaining why chilly autumn nights find him trailing by moonlight through the woods around Alba in the Piedmont region of northern Italy.
Fri Oct 21 2016
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White truffles fetch nearly US$400,000 at auction
Eleven white truffles sold for US$367,620 at an auction in Italy by an anonymous buyer from China.
Mon Nov 11 2013