The text showed up around 7 p.m. on a Thursday night in late February. I had been loosely communicating with a truffle hunter named Ava, who, like any good forager or fungus seeker, had been pretty ...

If you’ve never gone truffle-hunting, you are missing out on one of life’s greatest experiences. Even Kim Kardashian would tell you that — well, sort of. Kardashian (who co-founded a private equity ...

Monza, a truffle hunting dog, and her dog trainer Lois Martin found a new truffle species at a municipal park in Tennessee. On Christmas Eve, Lois Martin decided to take Monza, her Lagotto Romagnolo, ...

What tops a nice walk in the woods? Hiking those woods with a dog that sniffs out Oregon truffles. Evesham Wood winery owners Jordan and Erin Nuccio take that notion to heart by offering their guests ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — In this week's "Let's Get Out There," we head to the Northern Willamette Valley to seek out what some would call treasure. But it's not Oregon wine; it's something underground: Oregon ...

Something funky this way comes. All over the world, deep inside dark forests, hunters tip toe in secret for a wildly expensive delicacy: truffles. The aromatic fungi grows underground, tethered to ...

A rare truffle hunt drew an esteemed group, including Robert Chang, chief truffle officer of the American Truffle Company, and professor Paul Thomas, the company’s chief scientist. Accompanied by ...

No need to dig for a truffle hunting adventure — follow your nose in France. As a cook and an avid diner, I’ve become a little fixated on seeing where my food comes from. I’ve been fishing for halibut ...

Deep in the rolling hills of northern Italy, where ancient oak trees guard their precious underground treasures, a special breed of dog has been perfecting the art of truffle hunting for centuries.

As a cook and an avid diner, I’ve become a little fixated on seeing where my food comes from. I’ve been fishing for halibut and salmon in Alaska, tasted my favorite bubbly in Champagne, walked the ...