Chocolate truffles are synonymous with decadence, romance, and luxury. However, even die-hard chocolate lovers might not know what actually makes a truffle a truffle (and not just an expensive piece ...

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The special truffle only grows in specific regions, at certain time of the year. — -- More than a hundred thousand dollars for a fungus? It’s true. Some of the rarest mushrooms in the world -- ...

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 ...

Jaya Saxena is a former correspondent at Eater, and the series editor of Best American Food and Travel Writing. She explores wide ranging topics like labor, identity, and food culture. Have you ever ...

Homemade truffles are one of the easiest treats you can make at home, even if you don’t bake often. They use simple ...

What exactly is a truffle, and how does this expensive, delicate, and flavorful fungus make its way here to the United States? T&C posed a few questions to Urbani Truffles vice president Vittorio ...

In kitchens around the world, truffles represent culinary excellence and prestige, but in the forest they’re just another flora fighting to exist, using somewhat…unusual methods. In the lush woodland ...

How much would you pay for a fungus? Last year, a set of white Alba truffles weighing just under two pounds sold for over 75,000 euros, or over $85,000. (The starting price of a 2018 Mercedes Benz ...

Two thousand dollars a pound seems like a lot to pay for a mushroom. It really does. Yes, October marks the start of white-truffle season, the time of year when the rare mushrooms are showered on ...