Profumo Profondo » food news http://profumoprofondo.com Just another recipe and food blog Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:40:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Truffle Overload http://profumoprofondo.com/2007/11/27/truffle-overload/ http://profumoprofondo.com/2007/11/27/truffle-overload/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:18:17 +0000 Rachel http://profumoprofondo.com/2007/11/27/truffle-overload/ A massive post-Thanksgiving cold has killed my energy, appetite and taste buds, but this caught my eye:

a three-pound truffle

Truffle hunter Cristiano Savini said Tuesday he was searching for truffles with his father last week in Palaia, about 25 miles from Pisa, when his dog, Rocco, started sniffing “like crazy.”

With Rocco leashed to a tree to prevent him from digging too furiously, the Savinis carefully extracted a truffle they said weighed about 3.3 pounds.

The monster truffle will be auctioned off to benefit three charities. Very nice.

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