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Truffle season shocks chefs as prices double to US$3,200 a pound
In 2016, there was an abundance of truffles, and prices plunged, but a hot summer followed by a dry autumn this year have made for a dramatically smaller harvest this season.
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New York
DURING a bumper year for Italian white truffles, one of fine dining's most precious (read: expensive) ingredients, San Francisco chef Michael Tusk can get practically profligate with the aromatic mushrooms. He'll even use them to top pizza.
"This is probably not a year for
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