November 12th, 2012 by Chef Rhodehamel
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The 2012 Oliveto Truffle Dinners Menu…
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November 9th, 2012 by Catherine Meng
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The kitchen is getting its first look at this year’s truffle haul. These 1.57 kg beauties are from Umberia and should take us through the first night of Oliveto’s Truffle Dinners, starting next week.
As reported earlier this year’s white truffles are scarce…
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August 22nd, 2012 by Catherine Meng
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Every few months we receive a beseeching phone call, or email, or handwritten note tucked into a check presenter, from an individual asking us to notify them when tripe is on the menu. Often times, the notes are written in all-caps and “please” is underlined three or four times. They will include a phone number, or an email address, or a physical mailing address, or sometimes…
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November 14th, 2011 by Bob Klein
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We arrived at Giorgio’s on Saturday and got our first look at what he’s recently been digging up: some beautiful specimens with nice fragrance and good weight. No ginormous ones like last year, but many in the 25 gram to 60 gram range. As always with Giorgio it’s a family affair and his niece, Caterina, was on hand to help with truffle scrubbing. Tomorrow we head to…
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November 7th, 2011 by Bob Klein
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Aldo Vacca from Produttori del Barbaresco was taught that proper truffle shaving meant completely covering the dish. Here he demonstrates. This was a block-buster truffle. We ‘re at Trattoria Antica Torre in Barbaresco, famous for their hand-cut tajarin, that is made with only flour and egg yolks….
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October 25th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
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Oliveto co-owner Bob Klein and General Manager Shane Walker depart in less than a week for Italy in pursuit of truffles for our upcoming dinners. We’ve already heard some preliminary reports about the start of the season from a few of our contacts. Bad news first: Our friend Aldo Vacca in the Piedmont says…
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October 24th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
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It’s hard to imagine mushrooms after this past weekend’s hot spell, but apparently the rainfall from a few weeks ago started things growing. Over the weekend we received some stellar Chanterelles from the Humboldt and just this morning some exceptional Porcini from Mendocino….
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October 20th, 2011 by Maggie Blyth Klein
Wednesday, November 16th through Saturday, November 19th SEE THE FULL MENU call 510-547-5356 or reserve online We first got the idea of going to Italy to obtain the truffles for our truffle dinners sixteen years ago, after a shipment of specially selected truffles with Oliveto’s name and address on it got lost in Heathrow Airport. [...]
May 24th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
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Morels usually arrive in March, but due to a late spring, a ginormous snow pack, and a scarce number of forest fires they’ve been a no-show until now. But when it comes to morels we can all agree, better late than never. These are from the Shasta area and will be on the menu starting…
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November 13th, 2010 by Bob Klein
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Here it is, our 604 gram truffle. Found in the south of Tuscany, near Chiusi. This truffle had been missed by two hunters earlier, but then found by a dog named Jeny. And, to my great honor…
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