(Reuters) - The white Alba truffle, a coveted ingredient fetching up to $4,000 a pound in the gourmet market, is a treasure found only by a dying breed of hunters and their dogs in the forests of ...

Truffles are grated into butter which is then used to fat-wash bourbon. Truffles found with blemishes are used as training truffles for their truffle dog, Star, who can find 15 to 20 ounces of ...

Did you catch Hal Bernton’s story in the Sunday Times on ‘dog-found truffles,’ learning how harvesters like Alana McGee use trained canines to sniff out the ripest, premium fungi? Here’s a little bit ...

For the past four years, between the months of December and March, Seth Angerer has walked through his family’s orchard in Geyserville, Calif., hoping for a miracle. With his dogs Leo and Vito in tow, ...

Truffles are notoriously hard to grow and find, but dogs can help. Meet Aki, a dog brought from Serbia to help find truffles at Burwell Farms in North Carolina. Truffles, a prized fungus, grow ...

In Europe, dogs have been used for centuries for their keen sense of smell to locate prized black and white truffles, which can fetch hundreds or thousands of dollars a pound depending on their ...

Still damp from an impromptu plunge in the backyard pool, wiggly and tense from being told to stay, Mochi managed to wait until he heard the command: "Find it!" The dog first bounded over to his owner ...

How would you describe the taste of a truffle? Of course there are some subtleties unique to certain varieties, but generally speaking, you might say it’s umami, earthy, rich, nutty and/or spicy in ...