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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New York :
Clarkson Potter,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: The field//theft
- Black diamond bandits
- Death in the grove
- Part II: The laboratory//secrecy
- The peasant's golden secret
- A scientific mystery
- Part III: The forest//sabotage
- Disappearance of the dogs
- Poison
- Part IV: The market//deceit
- Middlemen
- Detectives and fraudsters
- The king's ascent
- The king's betrayal
- Part V: The plate//seduction
- Demanded, delivered, prepared
- Shaved.
