"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Truffles are one of those mysterious ingredients that's often misunderstood. For starters, let's be clear ...

Zara sniffed the ground beneath a sprawling oak tree, her sharp nose sweeping the soil with precision. The 6-year-old Lagotto Romagnolo — a breed renowned for its truffle-hunting prowess — paused, ...

Massi rushes down the slope, leaps across a slow-running stream and disappears inside a thick bush. Rosie, his young offspring, follows. Massi pauses, narrows down on a spot, and starts digging. Luke ...

In one hand I held a gold rush cocktail with a sliver of truffle resting delicately atop an ice cube, and with the other, I scratched the top of a mesmerized puppy's head. The new working dog at Maker ...

FLETCHER, North Carolina (WLOS) — Farming is nothing new for Western North Carolina, but sometimes you’ve got to try something just a little bit different. In Fletcher, there’s one farm that’s moving ...

Robert Chang tasted a truffle for the first time at a trattoria in Germany — and it changed his life. Today, as chief truffle officer at the American Truffle Company, Chang works with scientist Paul ...