The Latest from the Oregon Truffle Festival
Chef Pino’s White Truffle Foam is a great topper and easy to make. Infuse your own Oregon white truffle oil with ripe truffles in season.
Chef Guiseppe (Pino) Posteraro taught this recipe and method at the 2011 Oregon Truffle Festival. It remains a favorite! Try out his White Truffle Foam recipe too!
Chef Emily Lesiak shared this deliciously creamy vegetarian recipe at the Fresh Truffle Marketplace in Eugene on Sunday, January 26, 2020.
Chef Cameron Dunlap of Marcos Cafe in PDX demonstrated this delicious and creamy fondue for attendees to sample at the Fresh Truffle Marketplace.
By Denia BaltzerCreative Cuisine Catering • Alberta Canada This recipe was demonstrated at the Fresh Truffle Marketplace on Sunday, February 16, 2020. Serves 6 Ingredients 5 Cups Chicken or Vegetable Stock 1½ Ounce Dried Wild Mushroom Blend 3 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil 12 Ounces Fresh Wild Mushrooms: Oyster, Shiitake, and/or Chanterelle, Chopped…
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…
For Tualatin-based truffle foray leader Mike Madrid, Oregon truffle hunting was a natural fit with his other outdoor loves: crabbing and clamming, fishing, mushrooming, and pheasant hunting. Of course, it also helps that he loves wine and good food, and his truffles have a place of pride at his table. The dogs he’s had throughout…
It’s wintertime, and the idea of going for a hike in Oregon’s wet or frozen woods might not seem like a very appealing idea. But it’s prime time for Oregon truffle hunting. In winter, when other foraging pursuits like mushrooming have ended, truffle hunting with a dog is a great way to stay active and…
For Seattle truffle harvester Dawn Meiklejohn, a truffle hunting leader with the Oregon Truffle Festival, her favorite things all come together when she’s truffle hunting: the woods, her dog, and fabulous food. “How could I not be a truffle forager?” she says. “I grew up in Vermont and was always out in the woods. Being…
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…