{"product_id":"truffle-hound-rowan-jacobsen-9781639730469","title":"Truffle Hound: On the Trail of the World's Most Seductive Fungus, with Dreamers, Schemers, and Some Extraordinary Dogs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating exploration into the secretive and sensuous world of truffles, the elusive food that has captured hearts, imaginations, and palates worldwide-now in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe scent of one freshly unearthed white truffle in Barolo was all it took to lead Rowan Jacobsen down a rabbit hole into a world of secretive hunts, misty woods, black-market deals, obsessive chefs, quixotic scientists, muddy dogs, maddening smells, and some of the most memorable meals ever created. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTruffles attract dreamers, schemers, and sensualists. People spend years training dogs to find them underground. They plant forests of oaks and wait a decade for truffles to appear. They pay $6,000 a pound to possess them. They turn into quivering puddles in their presence. Why? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTruffle Hound\u003c\/i\u003e is the fascinating account of Rowan's quest to find out, a journey that would lead him from Italy to Istria, Hungary, Spain, England, and North America. Both an entertaining odyssey and a manifesto, \u003ci\u003eTruffle Hound\u003c\/i\u003e demystifies truffles-and then remystifies them, freeing them from their gilded cage and returning them to their roots as a sacred offering from the forest. It helps people understand why they respond so strongly to that crazy smell, shows them there's more to truffles than they ever imagined, and gives them all the tools they need to take their own truffle love to the next level. Deeply informed, unabashedly passionate, rakishly readable, \u003ci\u003e Truffle Hound\u003c\/i\u003e will spark America's next great culinary passion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowan Jacobsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 163973046X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639730469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Rowan Jacobsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054298099967,"sku":"9781639730469","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5da379c-d22a-4f44-8bdd-9f193fa919f2.jpg?v=1685029143","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/truffle-hound-rowan-jacobsen-9781639730469","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}