Want to know what really goes on during a truffle hunt? The truffle is unequivocally one of the culinary world’s most vaunted ingredients. It’s rare, possesses a distinct taste and has the added ...

The trufficulteurs (truffle sellers) of France are “up in arms,” as Agence France-Press reports, about the incursion of less-expensive Chinese truffles onto their turf. Apparently “some eateries spray ...

Fifth-generation truffle farmers Karine and Franck Boissieux own Mason Boissieux. Their children, Emma and Lucas, have joined ...

Scientists said on Tuesday they had proof that climate change was hitting the Perigord black truffle, a delight of gourmets around the world. Trufflers have long suspected that global warming is ...

“A truffle can be three or four things,’’ said pastry chef Bruno Biagianti in a thick French accent. “It’s cream — like heavy cream. It’s 51 percent chocolate, butter, and for the holiday, it can be ...

AUPS, France — Philippe Daniel opens a slim briefcase so buyers can glimpse his wares, then snaps it shut with a wary glance over his shoulder. Daniel is not dealing in contraband but in truffles — ...

Where do the world's best truffles come from? For the past century or more, the stock response has been Périgord (France) for black ones and Piedmont (Italy) for the rarer white variety. It wasn't ...

PARIS – French police have arrested a farmer who fatally shot a trespasser he suspected of trying to steal highly coveted truffles from his land on the edge of France's southern Provence region. The ...