02177cam a2200265 i 4500 513959939 TxAuBib 20211207120000.0 210929s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781635575194 HRD 28.00 1635575192 HRD 28.00 TxAuBib rda Jacobsen, Rowan. Truffle hound [BOOK] : on the trail of the world's most seductive scent, with dreamers, schemers, and some extraordinary dogs / Rowan Jacobsen. New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. 291 pages, [32] unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. The scent of one freshly unearthed white truffle in Barolo was all it took to lead Rowan Jacobsen down a rabbit hole into a world of secretive hunts, misty woods, black-market deals, obsessive chefs, quixotic scientists, muddy dogs, maddening smells, and some of the most memorable meals ever created. Truffles attract dreamers, schemers, and sensualists. People spend years training dogs to find them underground. They plant forests of oaks and wait a decade for truffles to appear. They pay $3,000 a pound to possess them. They turn into quivering puddles in their presence. Why? Truffle Hound is the fascinating account of Rowan's quest to find out, a journey that would lead him from Italy to Istria, Hungary, Spain, England, and North America. Both an entertaining odyssey and a manifesto, Truffle Hound demystifies truffles―and then remystifies them, freeing them from their gilded cage and returning them to their roots as a sacred offering from the forest. It helps people understand why they respond so strongly to that crazy smell, shows them there’s more to truffles than they ever imagined, and gives them all the tools they need to take their own truffle love to the next level. Provided by publisher. 20211207. Truffles. Truffle culture.