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truffle
truffle [Fr.], subterranean edible fungus that forms a mutually beneficial (symbiotic) relationship with the roots of certain trees and plants. The part of the fungus used as food is the ascoma, the fruiting body of the fungus. The best-known truffles are the black, Tuber melanosporum, and the... Read more |
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poodle
poodle popular breed of dog probably originating in Germany but generally associated with France, where it has been raised for centuries. There are three varieties, differing in size only. The standard poodle, classified in the nonsporting-dog group (see nonsporting dog ), stands over 15 in. (38.1... Read more |
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foie gras
foie gras [Fr.,=fat liver], livers of artificially fattened geese. Ducks and chickens are also sometimes used in the making of foie gras. The birds, kept in close coops to prevent exercise, are systematically fed to the limit of their capacity. Under this treatment the livers are brought to weigh 2... Read more |
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Perigord
Périgord , region of SW France, now included in Dordogne and parts of Lot-et-Garonne depts. Périgueux (the capital) and Bergerac are the chief cities. The region consists of low, arid limestone plateaus, the deep and fertile valleys of the Lot and Dordogne rivers, and extensive oak... Read more |
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mushroom
mushroom type of basidium fungus characterized by spore-bearing gills on the underside of the umbrella- or cone-shaped cap. The name toadstool is popularly reserved for inedible or poisonous mushrooms, but this classification has no scientific basis. The only safe way of distinguishing between... Read more |
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Opportunity
Opportunity uninc. town (1990 pop. 22,326), Spokane co., E Wash., a suburb of Spokane. It is a growing residential town.... Read more |
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quillwort
quillwort common name for several species of the plant genus Isoetes, which grow in ponds, slow streams, and swampy places. See Lycopodiophyta .... Read more |
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growing pains
growing pains After headache, growing pains appear to be the most frequent form of pain in otherwise healthy schoolchildren. They have been found to affect around one in every six children aged 6–11 years, more girls than boys, and affect many fewer children over the age of 13. However, the... Read more |
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Farms
Farming Farming, or agriculture, is the science or art of cultivating the soil, growing and harvesting crops, and the raising of animals. Beginning some 10,000 years ago, people in various places around the world began to grow plants and domesticate animals. Slowly and over ... Read more |
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pepper dulse
pepper dulse The common name for the red seaweed Laurencia pinnatifida (family Rhodomelaceae, order Ceramiales). The seaweed is variable in form and colour. When growing in bright sunlight on the upper shore, it usually grows in short, dense tufts and is yellowish-green in colour; but when growing... Read more |
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truffles
truffles 1. Edible fungi growing underground, associated...French black or Perigord truffle, Tuber melanosporum, added...truffle, T. magnatum; summer truffle; T. aestivum, and violet truffle, T. brumale; see also mushrooms.2. ... |
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truffle
...smelling underground fungus (Tuber and other genera, family Tuberaceae) that resembles an irregular, rough-skinned potato, growing chiefly in broad-leaved woodland on calcareous soils. It is considered a culinary delicacy and found, esp. in France... |
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Growing consumer demand.(truffles)
...are more than 100 truffle orchards planted...and the demand for truffles has grown since the...produced in 1992. Truffle production is very different from growing other mushroom varieties. Truffles grow on the roots... |
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Can True Truffles Come From Test Tubes?
...they have succeeded in growing a batch of white truffles in a laboratory and...a test-tube black truffle shortly. The notion...secret lies in the truffle's complex nutritional...seven ingredients that truffle spores like," says...successful ... |
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Feature; White truffle: Super rich's status symbol.(Opinion & Editorial)
...of the reason for the white truffle's growing popularity, says Kay Chan, is the growing sophistication of the rich...China. "In recent years, truffles have become more popular in Asia because of the growing exposure to the fine-dining... |
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Truffle hounds now rooting 'down under'.(WORLD)
...ideal for snuffling out truffles - there's no wind...Gallic tradition of truffle growing. Just as Australian...of them sell their truffles to Garvey, who takes...those of Europe's truffle-growing areas. But there ... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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TRUFFLES
...from a venerable line of truffle hunters that began with...first and foremost, growing wine grapes, olives, and even some cherries, truffles kept them in the money...when the truffles begin growing at the base of the scraggly...trained, of ... |
 "Daily News (New York, NY)")
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Future brighter for truffle farms
...while another grower found a truffle when he stuck his finger in...would be used to seek the ripe truffles. Dr Hall says there are now...s good news for the other truffle growers -- the sites now producing suggest truffles can be grown in climatic ... |
 "Daily Mail (London)")
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A truffle kerfuffle! After three years, [pounds sterling]5,000 of planting...
...to harvest his truffle crop at the beginning...habit of eating the truffles before they can...might find some truffles growing below the surface...through, that truffle spores are present...managing director of Truffle UK ... |
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Scots pupils turn up rare truffles in their playground
...Primary School. One truffle the size of a...from. Another 10 truffles are still growing in the ground...in the art of growing, preparing and...flavour in the truffles themselves, it...of grated raw truffle sprinkled ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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THE TRUFFLE KERFUFFLE
...technical adviser to the national truffle federation. He has been organising...to find ways of protecting truffles, and truffle-growers, from dry, hot...really understands why and how truffles grow," he said. "There...customers. "Now they are not ... |
 "The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)")
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BEHIND THE COUNTER: EXPANDING TASTE FOR TRUFFLES TO INCLUDE...
...must wait seven years for truffles to begin to grow again. Urbanization...have also taken a toll on truffle-growing areas. Large parcels are...developers and home builders. Truffles, which are affected by weather...warming temperatures. European ... |
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