Truffle media roundup

August 30, 2008

It’s been a warm, wet summer in Britain and that’s brought another bumper crop of summer truffles. Back at the beginning of the month The Guardian consulted Truffles UK boss Nigel Haddon-Paton:

“It’s a really exciting year,” said Haddon-Paton. “Like most crops, truffles need water and warmth and that’s what we’ve had this summer. There are [...]

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(If paradise is) half as nice

June 26, 2008

One down, one to go. The southern hemisphere’s first successful commercial grower of bianchetto (Tuber borchii) truffles, Jeff Weston* of the Borchii Park truffiere outside Christchurch, was kind enough to send me a couple of lovely truffles (see last post), and this evening we ate the first of them. It was a simple risotto milanese, [...]

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Bring out the bianchetto!

June 24, 2008

Earlier this year, Jeff Weston’s Borchii Park truffiere near Christchurch produced its first bianchetto truffles. It was an early fruiting, brought on by late summer rains, and the truffles didn’t achieve full ripeness. But it augured well for the season – which has just got under way in earnest. Hugo (above) has been busy…

These are [...]

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Tasmanian truffle grower’s breakfast

June 24, 2008

Breakfast last Thursday, courtesy of Tim and Adele Terry at their home near Deloraine in Tasmania. It was followed by a tour of the extensive (and I mean extensive) truffiere, discussion of Tim’s new “11 herbs and spices” treatments designed to enhance fruiting, and a demonstration of his new truffle washing machine.
[Picture of truffle washer [...]

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And so it begins…

June 16, 2008

First one of the 2008 season. Only 14 g, not very ripe (see the reddish tinge between the warts on the skin?). The flesh is whitish brown, and there’s not much aroma. Peg showed a tiny bit of interest, and when I put the rake through the surface, up popped this little treasure. Same tree [...]

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Catching up with truffle news

June 2, 2008

It’s been far too long, I know, but the other place has been taking up most of my time. Here’s an early winter update of things truffle. Prospects at Limestone Hills look reasonable. Good rain in February after a hot summer should have got the fungus moving, and we’ve finally completed an irrigation upgrade which [...]

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Oregon Truffle Festival coming up

January 10, 2008

This year’s Oregon Truffle Festival is coming up at the end of this month. I had a great time there last year – even if I did have to sing for my supper – and I’m sure this year will be even better. Ian Hall and Alessandra Zambonelli are doing the keynote, the grower’s forum, [...]

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Things are happening behind the scenes

January 7, 2008

Limestone Hills has moved to a new host, and the On The Farm blog will be transferred to a new WordPress blog over the next few weeks. This involves quite a lot of work, as there are a lot of posts to move and categorise etc etc. Please be patient. For the time being the [...]

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Truffle Book intro now available for download

October 2, 2005

The new Limestone Hills web site has just been uploaded, and a sample pdf of the Foreword, Introduction and first chapter is now available for download.. Just go here, and click on the download link. I’m currently finalising proofs with the printer and resolving a pre-press issue (the strange case of the disappearing ligatures) (not [...]

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Shortages, gluts and truffle untruths

September 23, 2005

The northern hemisphere truffle season is getting under way, and while there are signs that it could be a good year for Italian whites, French trufficulteurs are worried that summer drought and excessive heat will lead to a poor harvest of Périgord blacks.

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