truffles

Resereachers in Thailand have found several truffle species in the northern area of the country — a first for Southeast Asia.

Tis the season for truffle hunting in Italy's Alba region. Tracking down edible fungi is an Italian obsession with some 200,000 active enthusiasts nationwide.

It may not be a gem that can be enjoyed over the decades but the largest black truffle is certainly just as impressive a find.

McDonald’s Japan went highbrow recently, releasing a trio of special-edition gourmet burgers filled with thick slices of pineapple, black truffles and chorizo sausage for about $10 a pop.

A small Italian village renowned for its white truffles will give Barack Obama a record specimen weighing in at more than a kilo as a reelection present.

Stella McCartney has announced the launch of her latest fragrance, which unusually features truffle as a top note. Entitled L.I.L.Y, the perfume will launch exclusively in the UK at department store Selfridges January 26 before...

Italian stock markets are sharply down this year, but the price of white truffle has doubled to 3,000 euros ($4,100) per kilogram in just a week. Truffle hunters say the increase is due to low...

Truffles, a luxury delicacy in French and Italian cuisine, may soon be adding flavour to blander dishes, as it migrates further north amid climate change. Ulf Buentgen, a climatologist, told AFP that a rise in...