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They 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…

Time 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…

Fifty 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…

It began in the 1970s when phone calls kept coming in from France. Property offers from people Robin Peiffer didn’t know. By the third, curiosity got the better of him,…

Once upon a time in America, traveling food lovers had to smuggle foreign pleasures home – stuffing some jamon Iberico from Spain in the suitcase, for example, or stashing a…

‘Tis the season for truffled travels. With summer vacations firmly in the rearview mirror, hungry travelers can now hit the road to hunt, dig, and taste the world’s finest fungi…

It’s hard to find a crop more valuable than truffles — prices can go as high as $2,000 per pound for ultra-rare white Alba truffles. The problem is that they…

As a general rule, I try to stay away from lumpy brown objects fetched from the jaws of strange dogs. But when you’re in the heart of Oregon mushroom country,…

If you’re not part of the truffle world, you may not have heard of this festival. If you love truffles, it’s time to make this an annual pilgrimage. The beauty…

If truffles figure in your dreams, tickets just went on sale for the ninth Oregon Truffle Festival. Truffles? Oregon? Well, yes, our northern cousin is actually producing some quite respectable…

The best adventures are the ones that entice and intrigue you down the trail – the ones that promise yet unseen rewards, perhaps a treasure for your efforts. It’s a…