Truffle hunting is serious—and dirty—business. White truffles, which are in season from about September to December, sell for thousands of dollars per pound. Black truffles, sold from December through ...

We travelled deep into the forests of Istria, Croatia to hunt for white truffles – one of the rarest and most expensive ...

(ALBA, Italy) — More than a hundred thousand dollars for a fungus? It’s true. Some of the rarest mushrooms in the world — white truffles — have seen eager bidders raising their offers well beyond six ...

The massacre was silent, the assassins stealthy and the impact devastating. The victims: more than 30 dogs, highly trained to sniff out the valuable truffles that grow underground near the dank and ...

This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. There are only around 10 producing truffle ...

Truffle cultivators are becoming increasingly common across Appalachia and the southeast region, and say the climate and soil ...

Pano sells most of the bounty to foreign traders from Italy and France -- the traditional provenance of the knobby, subterranean delicacy relished by the world's gourmands. The way of life may sound ...

What tops a nice walk in the woods? Hiking those woods with a dog that sniffs out Oregon truffles. Evesham Wood winery owners Jordan and Erin Nuccio take that notion to heart by offering their guests ...

For Milan-based producer Massimo Fabbro, the upcoming U.S. release of “Trifole” — which he calls “this tiny film from a tiny corner of Italy” — marks a feat on a par with scoring the mythically rare ...