| Description |
291 pages, 30 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Down the rabbit hole -- Black magic apple of love -- Teh Alba connection -- Remembrance of truffles past -- Hocus pocus -- Big truffle -- Tartufi Town -- Moon in crescendo -- Black autumn -- Mr. Big -- Family -- The Saint Ladislaus Order of Truffle Knights -- The inside of the inside -- El milagro -- Winter people -- Carolina gold -- The mysteries of Oregon -- New tricks. |
| Summary |
"The scent of one freshly unearthed white truffle in Barolo was all it took to lead Rowan Jacobsen down a rabbit hole into a world of secretive hunts, misty woods, black-market deals, obsessive chefs, quixotic scientists, muddy dogs, maddening smells, and some of the most memorable meals ever created. Truffles attract dreamers, schemers, and sensualists. People spend years training dogs to find them underground. They plant forests of oaks and wait a decade for truffles to appear. They pay $3,000 a pound to possess them. They turn into quivering puddles in their presence. Why? Truffle Hound is the fascinating account of Rowan's quest to find out, a journey that would lead him from Italy to Istria, Hungary, Spain, England, and North America. Both an entertaining odyssey and a manifesto, Truffle Hound demystifies truffles-and then remystifies them, freeing them from their gilded cage and returning them to their roots as a sacred offering from the forest. It helps people understand why they respond so strongly to that crazy smell, shows them there's more to truffles than they ever imagined, and gives them all the tools they need to take their own truffle love to the next level." --book jacket |
| Subject |
Truffles.
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Wild plants, Edible.
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| Added Title |
On the trail of the world's most seductive scent, with dreamers, schemers, and some extraordinary dogs |
| ISBN |
9781635575194 |
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1635575192 |
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