Description
The ultimate truffle true crime tale*: A thrilling journey through the hidden underworld of the worlds most prized luxury ingredient.
*Bianca Bosker, New York Times bestselling author of Cork Dork
Beneath the gloss of star chefs and crystal-laden tables, the truffle supply chain is touched by theft, secrecy, sabotage, and fraud. Farmers patrol their fields with rifles and fear losing trade secrets to spies. Hunters plant poisoned meatballs to eliminate rival truffle-hunting dogs. Naive buyers and even knowledgeable experts are duped by liars and counterfeits.
Deeply reported and elegantly written, this page-turning expos documents the dark, sometimes deadly crimes at each level of the truffles path from ground to plate, making sense of an industry that traffics in scarcity, seduction, and cash. Through it all, a question lingers: What, other than money, draws people to these dirt-covered jewels?
Praise for The Truffle Underground
Investigative journalist and first-time author Jacobs does a remarkable job reporting from the front lines of the truffle industry, bringing to vivid life French black-truffle farmers, Italian white-truffle foragers, and their marvelously well-trained (starred review)
In The Truffle Underground, Ryan Jacobs presents a lively expos of the truffle industry, reporting on the crimes that haunt the whole supply chain. . . . Even if truffles are beyond your pay grade, there is plenty of enjoyment to be had in the sheer devilment portrayed in this informative and appetizing Wall Street Journal
Youll never look at truffle fries the same way after reading this book. . . . You can practically smell the soil as you follow truffle farmers and bandits through the groves and fields of France and Italy where the fungi are harvested and , Five Favorite Summer Reads
The] book is a rigorously reported, carefully written, endlessly interesting immersion in a high-stakes Francisco Chronicle
Jacobs takes us on an eye-opening journey through the prized mushrooms supply chain and the global black market for these tubers in this tale of theft, deceit, and high-stakes Simple
Author: Ryan Jacobs
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
Published: 06/04/2019
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780451495693
Language: English
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