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Described as the “diamond of the kitchen” by French gourmet, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (a French lawyer, politician, and famed epicure and gastronome), truffles are considered prized nutritional condiments and premium food additives. Truffles are the fruiting body of an ascomycete fungus usually found underground, which is predominantly one of the several species of the Tuber...Read More

What is a Black Truffle? Truffles are the fruiting body of a subterranean ascomycete fungus, which is predominantly one of the several species of the Tuber genus. Described as the “diamond of the kitchen” by French gourmet, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, there are truffle species which are highly prized as food, and these edible truffles are...Read More