The Truffle Book

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Limestone Hills Ltd, 2005 - Cooking - 148 pages
Gareth Renowden explores the truffle forests of France and the truffle markets of Italy, discovers the new truffles of the American Northwest and the new plantations of Australia and New Zealand, and dispels a few myths along the way. There's advice on setting up a truffière, training a dog to find truffles, how to buy truffles and avoid expensive mistakes, and how to cook the defining truffle dishes.
 

Contents

Foreword
6
Introduction
7
The Truffle
10
The Empire of the Senses
15
The Realm of the Roots
25
France
34
Italy
43
Spain
50
Dogs and Pigs but mainly Dogs
82
The Truffle Business
91
Desert Truffles
95
Buying Truffles
99
The Defining Dishes
103
Fungal Feasting
110
The Truffle Tour
114
Grow Your Own
119

Britain
52
North America
57
New Zealand Australia
63
China Asia
70
Sweden the rest of the world
73
Truffle Hunting
76
The Truffle Guide
129
Sources
141
Acknowledgements photo credits
144
Index
146
Copyright

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About the author (2005)

Antonio Carluccio was born in Vietri sul Mare, Italy on April 19, 1937. He briefly worked as a journalist in Turin before moving to Vienna, Germany, and London to work as a wine merchant. He then became an Italian chef and restaurateur. In 1981, he opened the Neal Street restaurant in London's Covent Garden, which closed in 2007. In 1998, he started the first Carluccio's Caffè, which is now a chain that operates from more than 80 locations. Carluccio sold his interest in the restaurant chain in 2005, but maintained involvement from a distance. He wrote 22 books including 100 Pasta Recipes (My Kitchen Table), Two Greedy Italians Eat Italy written with Gennaro Contaldo, Vegetables, Carluccio's Complete Italian Food, Antonio Carluccio's Simple Cooking, and Pasta: The Essential New Collection from the Master of Italian Cookery. He also starred in television programs including Antonio Carluccio's Italian Feast and the series Two Greedy Italians with fellow chef Gennaro Contaldo. He was appointed commendatore by the Italian government in 1998, received an OBE from the Queen in 2007 for services to the catering industry, and received the AA Hospitality Lifetime Achievement award in 2012. He died on November 8, 2017 at the age of 80.

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