The Latest from the Oregon Truffle Festival
The Oregon Truffle Festival is so well-liked and jam-packed with interesting events that many of the weekend experiences have already sold out. That said, there’s still truffle dog training and…
Read MoreSAVEUR test kitchen director Kellie Evans developed this decadent recipe—a no-holds-barred combination of earthy white truffles, salty pistachios, and rich caramel—after a trip to the Oregon Truffle Festival, where she…
Read MoreThere are more than grapes growing at Left Coast Cellars in Oregon’s wine country. Vineyard manager Luke McCollom estimates he’s invested more than $25,000 on an underground crop with the…
Read MoreThe fragrant, elusive, mysterious and costly truffle, whether white, black or in between, has been the object of scientific research for decades. The challenge has been to cultivate it to…
Read MoreThey said it couldn’t be done, but apparently they were wrong. What’s being called the Willamette Valley’s “first cultivated black truffle” has just been found near Corvallis in an orchard…
Read MoreAbbotsford farmer Bill Stewart has produced B.C.’s first Périgord truffle, a culinary delicacy that fetches up to $2,200 a kilo wholesale. The near-golf-ball sized fungus was unearthed by a truffle-sniffing…
Read MoreVineyard owners think beyond wine in planting trees primed for producing cultivated European varieties. Maneuvering up the long driveway into Pfeiffer Winery in Junction City on a recent spring morning,…
Read MoreWhen a dog finds its first truffle — the fungus, not the chocolate candy — the sound you hear will most likely be the voice of a very excited dog…
Read MoreThis is not a bad idea at all: a weekend devoted to truffles, including tastings at a picturesque villa, training sessions so that your dog can learn how to hunt…
Read MoreThey said it couldn’t be done, but apparently they were wrong. What’s being called the Willamette Valley’s “first cultivated black truffle” has just been found near Corvallis in an orchard…
Read MoreTime was you had to travel to Europe to go on a proper truffle hunt. Not anymore. In February, a Perigord truffle – a black variety native to France and…
Read MoreFifty truffles were discovered in Idaho orchards this year and the state’s fledgling industry is showing signs of promise. Truffles fetch up to $1,000 a pound and the handful of…
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