How to Start Your Own Truffle Farm
A few years ago, American luxury foods supplier Ian Purkayastha decided he wanted to start growing his own truffles. He is doing it, and you can, too.
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Imagine you’re trying to set up an appointment with a truffle dealer. What do you think she or he will look like? Shady, with an oversized trench coat, a hat pulled down low, and a coarse whisper of a voice? Maybe he looks like a woodsman who'd rather be out foraging with his pig/best friend. Or does she appear to have just got out of her vintage Ferrari, ready to dish out samples of $10,000 funghi for free?