Above: Eric Lyon of Portland and Leroy, a black lab trained to sniff out underground truffles, make up one of just three commercial truffle hunting teams in Oregon. Below: Lyon holds the day’s find: ...

Lefevre co-founded the Oregon Truffle Festival in 2006 as a way to promote Northwest truffles ... It has the aroma of chocolate, coffee, tobacco, black currant, a little bit of earthiness, some ...

However, the most expensive Oregon black truffles only go for about $300 a pound -- and this season sometimes less, thanks to the December cold snap that damaged the crop.

A typical Oregon black truffle weighs no more than 1 ounce. They sell for about $50 a pound this year -- an epic truffle season -- and up to $100 a pound when they're less abundant. The next ...

1/4 pound ripe Oregon black truffle, diced 1/4 pound mortadella, cubed 4 sprigs thyme leaves, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped several gratings of fresh nutmeg 2 eggs, beaten ...

This habitat was prime Oregon black truffle territory. At least 350 known truffle species grow in the Pacific Northwest, according to a 2009 federal report on truffle fungi—more than in any other ...

Like the French truffles, Oregon's native truffles are so prized by chefs and chocolatiers alike they can fetch up to $800 a pound. This month is the apex of the season, with both black and white ...

In 2022, Newberg, Oregon will celebrate the elusive foodie obsession with Truffle Month events throughout the month of February. (Since Oregon black truffles are foraged from January to March, it ...

Most Oregon truffles are found west of the Cascades in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, and black truffles are found in the Coast Range and the foothills of the Cascades. Out of the 26 or so original ...

Earlier this month, I joined a group of truffle hunters armed with dogs, rakes, and optimistically large baskets on a foray in the Lobster Valley in southwest Benton County. The goal: truffles ...

EUGENE, Ore. – Truffle marketer and promoter Jim Wells walked into March restaurant in Eugene recently with a small box. Within minutes the area around him had an aroma of apples and earth that ...