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Truck Heists, Dog Poisonings, and Murder: Inside the Brutal World of the Truffle Trade
Why does it cost a lot to have a chef shave the bulbous uterus we call a truffle over several pasta? Most truffle species, including their mushroom brethren, develop underground, providing them time and protection to make “small, potato-like constructions,” scientists say, together with “fruit-bodies” packed with aroma and flavor. These growing conditions result in…