December 2014
“In the heart of the Pacific Northwest winter, when the sky is painted oyster grey, there is good reason to venture outside and brave the windswept rain. Hidden beneath the fertile soils of the Willamette Valley, you can discover one of Oregon’s best kept culinary riches…” The Oregon Truffle Festival is certain you will LOVE…
In Truffles We Trust: Do-it-yourself infusions using the world’s most prized fungi. Truffle salt, truffle honey, truffle-infused chocolate–a lot of these products are less than delicious, but that’s not the truffle’s fault… To see full articles along with beautiful photography from SAVEUR, download the pdfs below. Read Buried treasure online here. BURIED TREASURE …
Oregon’s increasing culinary cornucopia includes the elusive and expensive truffle. Beginning his search “somewhere in a forest near Eugene, Oregon”… Join Eat Magazine Editor Gary Hynes as he visits the Oregon Truffle Festival to uncover its secrets.
Alaska Airlines Magazine’s December issue features a piece by Tina Lassen focusing on Oregon Truffles. “Seeking truffles is no trifling matter in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, where experts such as Kelly Babbitt rely on specially trained dogs.” Alaska Airlines Magazine Dec ’14
Portland Monthly Magazines Sara Rangel wrote a guide to Oregon’s annual truffle blowout celebration, hitting PDX January 15-18! Once considered a European rarity, truffles are in the midst of a new renaissance in the United States, with Oregon’s fungus specialists at the forefront of the growing luxury food industry. For everyone from truffle oil dabblers…