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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Jacobs, Ryan McMahon, 1989- author.     Subjects     Truffle industry -- France -- History -- 19th century.     Truffle industry -- Italy -- History -- 19th century.     Truffle culture.     Smuggling.     Black market.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Jacobs, Ryan McMahon, 1989- author.       by title:      The truffle undergro...         MARC Display

The truffle underground : a tale of mystery, mayhem, and manipulation in the shadowy market of the world's most expensive fungus / Ryan Jacobs. by Jacobs, Ryan McMahon, 1989- author. New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2019] Subjects Truffle industry -- France -- History -- 19th century.   Truffle industry -- Italy -- History -- 19th century.   Truffle culture.   Smuggling.   Black market. ISBN:  9780451495693 (paperback) : 0451495691 (paperback) : Description:  vi, 279 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm Edition:  First edition. 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. Requests:  0 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?   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aina Haina Public Library Adult Nonfiction 381.4158 Ja Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 381.4158 Ja Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 381.4158 Ja Checked In Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Adult Nonfiction 381.4518 Ja Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pahala P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 381.4158 Jacobs Checked In Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 381.4158 Ja Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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