Truffles are grated into butter which is then used to fat-wash bourbon. Truffles found with blemishes are used as training truffles for their truffle dog, Star, who can find 15 to 20 ounces of ...

Did you catch Hal Bernton’s story in the Sunday Times on ‘dog-found truffles,’ learning how harvesters like Alana McGee use trained canines to sniff out the ripest, premium fungi? Here’s a little bit ...

Truffles are notoriously hard to grow and find, but dogs can help. Meet Aki, a dog brought from Serbia to help find truffles at Burwell Farms in North Carolina. Truffles, a prized fungus, grow ...

In Europe, dogs have been used for centuries for their keen sense of smell to locate prized black and white truffles, which can fetch hundreds or thousands of dollars a pound depending on their ...

Years ago, someone told me you can find truffles in New Jersey. I was skeptical, but it didn’t seem so far-fetched: these odiferous nuggets of culinary renown grow under oak, pine and other trees (we ...

First things first, let’s clear up a common misconception: truffles are not mushrooms. They are a fungus, and while they are closely related, they are not actually part of the mushroom family. Instead ...

Two new species of truffle have been discovered in North America. But how do they taste and what opportunities do they create for the food industry? Known as the diamonds of the kitchen, for their ...