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Henry Miller, Special to the Statesman Journal Published 8:00 a.m. PT Feb. 19, 2020 It’s a meteor. It’s a brontosaurus coprolite (petrified dinosaur poo). First impressions can be wrong. The large, black, oblong, knobby object in the photo is, in fact, a whopper fungus, a 1-pound black truffle, to be precise. “Dr. Charles Lefevre has…
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…
Truffle orchard started by renowned Mycologist Dr. Charles Lefevre begins to produce marketable quantities of cultivated Perigord truffles Eugene, Ore. (December 15, 2016) — Dr. Charles Lefevre, internationally renowned Mycologist and co-founder of The Oregon Truffle Festival (Jan. 20-29), has worked with growers across North America since 2000 to plant orchards of oak and hazelnut seedlings…
Friday, January 20, 2017 Chehalem Cultural Center “Truffles Deconstructed, or Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Truffles but Didn’t Know Who to Ask” Featuring Harold McGee, Dave Arnold, and Chef Matthew Lightner, moderated by Peter Meehan from Lucky Peach Learn why truffles are dubbed “bliss food” when fully experienced. This event features a lively reception and a…