The Latest from the Oregon Truffle Festival
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…
Tickets are going fast, but there are still ways to taste Oregon’s native white and black truffles by Mattie John Bamman@ravenoustravelr Dec 19, 2017, 10:04am PST One of the world’s rarest cooking ingredients, white and black truffles, grow in spades in Oregon, and for the past 13 years, the Oregon Truffle Festival has connected eaters with the aromatic tubers.…
Though most famous in Europe, Oregon is making a name for itself with this culinary delicacy. Learn the crucial role dogs play in finding the best truffles. Make a list of the most indulgent foods out there, and truffles will likely be near the top. Part of that reputation is due to price. The pungent,…
by Ian McCluskey OPB Nov. 9, 2017 8:30 p.m. | Updated: Nov. 9, 2017 4:39 p.m. | Eugene, Oregon It begins with a snap of the head. A little dog circles, nose to the ground, then turns back. It catches the scent again and snorts. Tiny paws dig in the loose duff. Suddenly, a small white lump is upturned.…
North America’s premier truffle celebration welcomes chefs, speakers and foragers from near and far for two truffle-filled weekends: January 25 – 28, 2018 and February 16 – 18, 2018 Portland, Ore. (November 7, 2017) — The Oregon Truffle Festival, North America’s premier truffle celebration and a nonprofit organization promoting the state’s native truffle industry, announces…
By Matthew Korfhage | Willamette Week “There effectively isn’t a truffle-harvesting industry anywhere else in the United States. Oregon owns the brand.” When it comes to truffles, only Oregon matters. This year, Oregon became the only place in the world to sell both homegrown versions of Old World truffles alongside its own native truffle, when farmer…
This celebration of the coveted fungus includes dinners, cooking classes, and truffle dog training. BY JEREMY REPANICH ON OCTOBER 23, 2017 For two weekends this winter in Oregon, people from around America will gather to celebrate the elusive delicacy—the truffle. There will be truffle-focused gala dinners, cooking classes, grower forums, a marketplace, and even a competition where you…