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BY PAUL JOSEPH | PUBLISHED JANUARY 21, 2020 Each winter, which is peak season for Oregon truffles, the Oregon Truffle Festival honours its fruitful soil with two weekends of celebrations in January & February, with visitors invited to seek out and sample the four distinct varieties of native Oregon truffles. The February event takes…
How to make the most of winter in the Northwest Discovering the brightest parts of the season in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, too By Corinne Whiting 10Best Local ExpertDecember 3, 2019 Making the season merry and bright seems nearly effortless in the Pacific Northwest, thanks to the natural beauty awaiting in the great outdoors,…
Admit It, You’ve Always Wondered What the Big Deal Is With Truffles THRILLIST By ADRIANA VELEZ Published On 11/11/2019 It all started with truffle queso. Nobody Told Me chef/owner Nick Pfannerstill’s gooey, fragrant high/low snack hooked me, and as I swirled an endive spear around the fragrant, molten pot of gold, I got to thinking: Why…
With people’s obsession with travel and food showing no signs of slowing, food festivals continue to soar in popularity. But since there are so many now, how do you separate the worthwhile ones from well, the ho-hum? While indulging at these events is a given, it’s helpful to consider a couple other things: does the…
We sent a photographer to Oregon to chronicle the quest for truffle-hunting glory. Once a year in Eugene, Oregon, dogs compete to see who can find the most truffles. Here, John and Marjorie Magee from Washington unload Cricket and Tiger before the Joriad North American Truffle Dog Championship begins. National Geographic photo display and…
The 14th annual event, returning to Eugene Jan. 24-27, shines light on the Willamette Valley’s buried culinary treasures. Vaucluse, France. Alba and Forcoli, Italy. Istria, Croatia. And Eugene, Oregon. These are the five best places in the world for truffle-lovers to visit, according to a 2014 Fodor’s Travel report. And the increasingly renowned Oregon Truffle…
By Rebekah Bell on December 14, 2018 Considered a delicacy around the globe, truffles are typically thinly shaved and then sprinkled over pasta to add an earthy flavor. Because it’s hard to grow the fungus outside of its natural habitat (primarily France, Italy, and Spain), truffles can be priced at over $3,600 a pound. But thankfully, you…
Celebrated chefs dish up the state’s bounty year-round. Samantha Bakall, Author NashCO Photo, Photographer August 30, 2018 Portland is widely regarded as one of America’s greatest food cities, but that’s due in large part to what lies beyond city limits: Oregon’s farm-fresh abundance. Home to evergreen forests, arid deserts, snowy peaks, grassy prairies, rocky coastlines…
By John Blackstone, CBS News A TASTE OF SUMMER is again on our morning menu: a delicacy harvested by trained scavengers, as John Blackstone will show us:
By Tracy Ellen Beard April 17, 2018 Whispers of excitement filled the air as 300 people stood crowded in the foyer of the Hilton Eugene waiting to enter the Playwright Ballroom. This January, I stood among the crowd anxiously anticipating the beginning of the event, the Grand Truffle Dinner. For more than a decade, founders…
YOUR NEXT SERVING OF TRUFFLES SHOULD BE FROM OREGON By Amber Gibson In 1977, chef James Beard declared that Oregon truffles were every bit as good as European ones — a bold if patriotic statement coming from America’s first foodie. Slowly but surely, gourmands seem to be embracing the idea. There’s even an annual festival celebrating the…
THE TRUFFLE SHUFFLE Do Some Serious Gourmet Mushroom Hunting in Eugene How to search for—and eat—the best of Pacific Northwest mushrooms and truffles. By Allison Williams 12/20/2017 at 8:00am Published in the January 2018 issue of Seattle Met Every January, the Oregon Truffle Festival spreads mushroom mania through two long weekends—January 25–28 in Eugene, then February 16–18 in the wine country of Yamhill…