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truffle

any of various edible saprophytic ascomycete subterranean fungi of the order Tuberales. Truffles are an expensive table delicacy.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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Miserrimus Dexter lingered and languished over his truffles, and sipped his wonderful Burgundy, and sang his own praises as a cook until I was really almost mad with impatience to return to the real object of my visit.
"I have heard of truffles," I answered, humbly, "but I never saw them before.
Miserrimus Dexter lifted one of the truffles tenderly on his spike, and held it up to me in a favorable light.
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But in his riveting debut, The Truffle Underground (Clarkson Potter, $16, 9780451495693, audio/eBook available), Pacific Standard deputy editor Ryan Jacobs weaves the fascinating scientific and historical backstory of the elusive culinary delicacy known as truffles with the stealthy feel of a diamond heist or spy operation.
Mohammed harvests the white truffle as a hobby and each year before springtime he treks through the desert region of Al-Hamada al-Hamra, southwest of Tripoli, to look for them.
Various unfamiliar products like salt truffle in the markets
Taiwan is seeking to develop a new technique for commercial growing of an indigenous species of white truffle called "Tuber elevatireticulatum," the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute (TFRI) announced Tuesday.
The biggest truffle factories that make the world a happier place all located in this blessed land of good taste.
On closer inspection, it's a photo of the chef, Marc Lanteri, holding a truffle up to the nose of his canine, a Lagotto Romagnolo (local hunting dog) skilled in sniffing out the prized fungus.
With truffle season underway, Al Faisaliah Hotel Riyadh is the latest to launch a white truffle menu at its Italian restaurant La Cucina.
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