The truffle underground a tale of mystery, mayhem, and manipulation in the shadowy market of the world's most expensive fungus
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...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Clarkson Potter,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | 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 exposé documents the dark, sometimes deadly crimes at each level of the truffle’s 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 knobs? |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 279 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780451495693 0451495691 |
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