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All of us at the Oregon Truffle Festival send our thanks and appreciation to all of you who participated. You helped make the 2015 festival the most memorable yet, and it is such a pleasure to host new and old friends every year!
An Oregon-based mushroom expert discusses the wonders of the elusive truffle. By Chaney Kwak | January/February 2015 Tuscany, Piedmont, Périgord . . . and the Willamette Valley? The truffle, hailed as the “diamond of the kitchen,” isn’t just a European indulgence. Mycologist Charles Lefevre aims to prove that Northwest tubers can stand up to—or even…
Tyler Malek will be at the Truffle Marketplace in Eugene on Sunday, January 25 with his truffled ice cream! Oregon is famous for its truffles, and a festival dedicated to the underground delicacy gets under way on Thursday. The Oregon Truffle Festival celebrates those who hunt truffles and all the ways to cook with this special…
10th annual truffle festival features native and French varieties, and numerous events Go truffle hunting with a trained truffle dog or bring your own canine for truffle-dog training sessions and an amateur truffle-dog competition during the 10th Annual Oregon Truffle Festival. Read more in Alaska Airlines-Horizon Edition January ’15
The Oregon Truffle Festival Returns for 10th Year In the culinary world, Oregon has already gained national recognition for its beer, wine and hazelnut industries, let alone the restaurant scene itself. But within the past few years, an expensive fancy fungus has been slowly trying to break through and reach the same elevated status in…
“In the heart of the Pacific Northwest winter, when the sky is painted oyster grey, there is good reason to venture outside and brave the windswept rain. Hidden beneath the fertile soils of the Willamette Valley, you can discover one of Oregon’s best kept culinary riches…” The Oregon Truffle Festival is certain you will LOVE…
In Truffles We Trust: Do-it-yourself infusions using the world’s most prized fungi. Truffle salt, truffle honey, truffle-infused chocolate–a lot of these products are less than delicious, but that’s not the truffle’s fault… To see full articles along with beautiful photography from SAVEUR, download the pdfs below. Read Buried treasure online here. BURIED TREASURE …
Oregon’s increasing culinary cornucopia includes the elusive and expensive truffle. Beginning his search “somewhere in a forest near Eugene, Oregon”… Join Eat Magazine Editor Gary Hynes as he visits the Oregon Truffle Festival to uncover its secrets.
Alaska Airlines Magazine’s December issue features a piece by Tina Lassen focusing on Oregon Truffles. “Seeking truffles is no trifling matter in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, where experts such as Kelly Babbitt rely on specially trained dogs.” Alaska Airlines Magazine Dec ’14
Portland Monthly Magazines Sara Rangel wrote a guide to Oregon’s annual truffle blowout celebration, hitting PDX January 15-18! Once considered a European rarity, truffles are in the midst of a new renaissance in the United States, with Oregon’s fungus specialists at the forefront of the growing luxury food industry. For everyone from truffle oil dabblers…
Treat yourself to a fantastic read by Oakland Magazine’s Erin Caslavka Deinzer: “Because treats and praise—rather than pheromones—are what tempt dogs to dig for truffles, dogs are enthusiastic yet nonthreatening partners in this culinary “paws-de-deux.” It’s no wonder a well-trained truffle dog can cost more than $10,000…” Read the entire article here: The Trouble With…