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Northwest Truffle News

January 20, 2010
By Guy Hand
Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian Beneath the loamy forest floor lie knobby nuggets prized by serious foodies. Hunting truffles with dogs, as Jean Rand does with her Lab, Gusto, helps protect trees and plants and ensures only ripe truffles are dug up.

Back in December, I mentioned the upcoming Oregon Truffle Festival in Eugene, which runs from January 29th to 31st. Among many dinners, workshops and tastings, the festival also offers a two-day seminar on truffle dog training. Yesterday, the Oregonian published an article on the subject of truffle hunting dogs. Although pigs are the traditional truffle hunters,...
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