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Truffle hound : on the trail of the world's most seductive scent, with dreamers, schemers, and some extraordinary dogs

text Truffle hound : on the trail of the world's most seductive scent, with dreamers, schemers, and some extraordinary dogs

Jacobsen, Rowan

Summary
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... Read more
Contents
Down the rabbit hole -- Black magic apple of love -- The Alba connection -- Remembrance of truffles past -- Hocus pocus -- Big truffle -- Tartufi Town -- Moon in crescendo -- Black autumn -- Mr. Big -- Family -- The Saint Ladislaus Order of Truffl... Read more
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Description
291 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher
Bloomsbury 2021
MARC Permalink

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 635.8 JAC in Adult Non-fiction Available

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