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Romancing the exotic, erotic truffle
At lunchtime on a recent Sunday in the demo kitchen-cum-dining room at historic Beringer Winery in California’s Napa Valley, a bunch of us are gathered to indulge in the world’s most expensive — and some would say exotic, erotic, mysterious and carnal — culinary offering. Namely, the European “black diamond” Périgord truffle.
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Food rocks at Napa Truffle Festival
Same as there are many kinds of mushrooms, there are many kinds of truffles. The American Truffle Company (ATC) is working exclusively with the black Périgord truffle, known as the ‘black diamond’ — the world’s most expensive food. Soon, when you order a truffle dish in the US, it would be locally grown and harvested.