Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The text showed up around 7 p.m. on a Thursday night in late February. I had been loosely communicating with a truffle hunter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eva, a Lagotto Romagnolo dog, hands a truffle she found to her owner Luke Gilbert near Hendersonville, North Carolina, on November ...

If you’ve never gone truffle-hunting, you are missing out on one of life’s greatest experiences. Even Kim Kardashian would tell you that — well, sort of. Kardashian (who co-founded a private equity ...

"The Truffle Hunters" is a slice of life from a place on Earth that's as hilly and lovely as a fairy tale kingdom and unusual more than ever in our times. Dogs and men - in fact, aged dogs and old men ...

Monza, a truffle hunting dog, and her dog trainer Lois Martin found a new truffle species at a municipal park in Tennessee. On Christmas Eve, Lois Martin decided to take Monza, her Lagotto Romagnolo, ...

First things first, let’s clear up a common misconception: truffles are not mushrooms. They are a fungus, and while they are closely related, they are not actually part of the mushroom family. Instead ...

From left to right Truffle dog trainer Bill Collins, Chef Ken Frank, Robert Chang, Chief Truffle Officer at the American Truffle Company and Professor Paul Thomas, Chief Scientist at the American ...

Deep in the rolling hills of northern Italy, where ancient oak trees guard their precious underground treasures, a special breed of dog has been perfecting the art of truffle hunting for centuries.

Something funky this way comes. All over the world, deep inside dark forests, hunters tip toe in secret for a wildly expensive delicacy: truffles. The aromatic fungi grows underground, tethered to ...

At the top of a winding road on the outskirts of Sherwood, Oregon, a small group is decked out in waterproof gear, carrying spades tucked in their belts, with dogs of all kinds getting ready to forage ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — In this week's "Let's Get Out There," we head to the Northern Willamette Valley to seek out what some would call treasure. But it's not Oregon wine; it's something underground: Oregon ...

Truffles have long been associated with French and Italian fine dining. They are prized because of their scarcity and intense aroma. For a long time, they were not thought of as a part of Indian food ...