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, ...

"The Truffle Hunters" is a slice of life from a place on Earth that's as hilly and lovely as a fairy tale kingdom and unusual more than ever in our times. Dogs and men - in fact, aged dogs and old men ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

CARNEROS, Calif. (AP) — The growing appetite for truffles is feeding demand for dogs trained to sniff out the pungent fungus prized by chefs and foodies. As more landowners plant orchards in hopes of ...

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 ...

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 ...