November 4th, 2009 by Bob Klein
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It’s still ten days or so before I move from the “just looking” phase into truffle acquisition, but here’s what we know so far: the truffles this year are very good, but not plentiful. Despite fewer truffles, prices are dramatically lower than they have been in recent years due to less demand and also many truffles coming from…
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November 2nd, 2009 by Bob Klein
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A very healthy rain arrived in Italy about a week before I did, somewhat improving truffle conditions after another very dry year. The last few days have been beautiful, but we seem to be moving into another rainy period which is good timing for truffle hunting, as long as it doesn’t get too wet.
Here is a video of some of Georgio’s new recruits, five-week-old truffle dogs. They are…
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September 24th, 2009 by Bob Klein
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I’ll be leaving for Italy mid-October and returning on November 16th, I presume, with a load of fine truffles to be served during our annual Truffles Dinners (November 17 – November 20, 2009). From the memory-lane-archives we’ve compiled a reel of Oliveto truffle stories covered by local and national television news networks over the past twelve years…
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