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Article: On the white truffle trail // Italians promote Umbria region
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 19, 1989
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In his cookbook Primi Piatti, Christopher Styler describes
working in a restaurant kitchen in Italy when the first shipment of
white truffles came in: "I can still remember smelling those truffles
from clear across the kitchen, over the smells of turbot grilling,
wild boar roasting and dandelion greens sauteeing."
The diners at a luncheon hosted last week by the Italian Trade
Commission and a delegation from Italy's Umbria region knew exactly
what he meant. There were truffles in everything but the cookies,
and it wasn't long before the air reeked of the unique perfume of
tartufo bianco.
White truffles smell like a blend of mushrooms, earth and old
garlic, with an undertone of ripe ...