Connoisseurs scour desert in hunt for truffles Arab News
This is quite conspicuous during winter, when health-conscious citizens make a beeline for make-shift stalls or parked vehicles vending truffle. Desert ...

Truffle farming: How mapping technology is being used to discover new places to grow savoury ...The Economist
PIGS, dogs and rakes can all be useful in the quest to discover wild truffles, but each has its drawbacks. Pigs like to gobble up the fancy fungi as much ...

Fake truffles and “bad chefs” get French growers flustered Australian Hospitality Magazine
Fake truffles and “bad chefs” get French growers flustered French growers are frustrated with chefs that are “doping” truffles from China to make them ...

French trufflers rise up in defence of their black diamonds AFP
Paris — French truffle growers are up in arms over cheaper imports from China which they say are being doctored by unscrupulous chefs and passed ...

When a truffle's not a truffle Independent Online
Paris - French truffle growers are up in arms over cheaper imports from China which they say are being doctored by unscrupulous chefs and passed ...

France Rallies Around Its Truffles
New York Times
GRIGNAN, France — As the world of French truffles falls into disarray, let's hear it for the poor man's truffleof Bourgogne. Inexpensive truffles from ...

Truffle store makes Upper West Side building stink: residents
New York Post
Residents at 10 West End Avenue say Urbani Truffles has been making their building stink. Photo: Angel Chevrestt ...


Growing truffles still experimental, expert says
Capital Press
Abandoned Christmas tree farms can still generate profits in the form of truffles. The native Oregon fungus often colonizes young Douglas firs, but ...


In season: Tennessee truffles
Atlanta Journal Constitution
The fragrance of a fresh Perigord black truffle, only a few days out of the ground, may be the most amazing aroma in all the plant or fungi kingdom.

France's truffle farmers aim to stop inferior Chinese fungi getting a sniff
The Guardian - France's annual truffle production has plummeted in recent years from 1,600 tons to about 40 tons, largely due to tree clearance. Photograph: Hemis/ ...