European white truffles can sell for as much as $3,600 a pound, making them and their fellow fungi the most expensive food in the world. One two-pound truffle recently sold for more than $300,000. All ...

Paolo Montanaro, a native of the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, grew up only a short distance from Alba, the epicenter of white truffles. As CEO of TartufLanghe, the company founded by his ...

A black truffle has been cultivated on the Isle of Bute in what is thought to be a first for a UK island. Professor Paul W Thomas, an honorary professor at the University of Stirling, discovered it in ...

Truffles are one the world's most expensive foods because they're rare and challenging to grow. Truffles are earthy and pungent, and a little goes a long way. Truffle-infused products typically don't ...

Truffles are the wave of the future, at least according to Charles Lefevre, founder of Oregon’s New World Truffieres. Over 200 truffle orchards are now under development in the United States—and, ...