white truffles

My husband's birthday is this weekend and I want to buy him a truffle. Fox and Obel doesn't have any (and the guy told me that they won't have any until spring, "because it's seasonal"-- I think I will call back and try to talk to someone else...) BUT, if they don't get any in, I have no idea where to go. Any ideas?

You might try seeking out this guy:

http://chezpim.typepad.com/blogs/2005/1 ... e_don.html

Call these places for a quote:

Marky's

Urbani

Both are known in the industry for their truffles.

But it is seasonal. So truffles available now might have been sitting around.

...uh, yeah, and that's why she should call for a quote. While the season is September through December, if she really must have white truffle, they also sell frozen, jarred, etc. Not the same, of course. I would doubt that they have too many laying around, but if they do, truffles can be stored for several weeks in a sealed jar with rice and kept in a cool, dry place and will stay aromatic. I've done it in restaurants and at stores where I've worked, without compromise to the product.

Queijo wrote:I would doubt that they have too many laying around, but if they do, truffles can be stored for several weeks in a sealed jar with rice and kept in a cool, dry place and will stay aromatic. I've done it in restaurants and at stores where I've worked, without compromise to the product.

Plus it makes the rice smell great. Use arborio and make a truffle risotto, maybe?

Thanks-- I'll check it out.

Hi,

You may also want to inquire with River Valley Ranch (near Lake Geneva, WI) 1-888-711-7476.

Regards,

Whole Foods has black truffles grown in Oregon.

Kit

A wet, warm summer in Northern Italy, where the world’s most desirable white truffles are dug up, has produced a bumper fungi crop. That pushed prices down about 50% from last year, according to chefs, dealers and restaurant operators.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/gastronomes ... 1419647565

Read the WSJ article earlier this morning but the white truffle is still on my list of things that for price or conservation are not purchased anymore.
About 20 years ago my wife gave me a gift of a very nice white truffle from Urbani.
The truffle was everything the experts said it would be.
Alas, the cost continued to skyrocket to where now the WSJ says the price has come down to 'only' $1000/pound!
With anything that is is short supply and costly, the scammers have taken over any of the lower priced alternatives, infusing truffles with an artifical ester along with so called truffle oils, butter and what have you.
None of which have any real truffle.
Black truffles are a totally different species and the use with the white is not interchangeable.
Oregon truffles are a totally different truffle and are black.
My advice is to order from Urbani or not at all for a white truffle. if you get on the WSJ bandwagon.-Dick