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I am looking to buy a fresh black truffle and the only source here is Whole Foods.....at $100 for a canned truffle. Not exactly what I want. Now, I do have a place in the states and can order and have it shipped, so...tell me, if you were going to buy a truffle, who would you buy from? (oh and there is one other store that I have bought them from before, but they now only have them on special order and they come in from New York, so I may as well eliminate the middle man.)
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Posted 03 February 2009 - 12:43 AM
have you checked the cheese coun? i'm serious, my local WF in NYC has truffles at the cheese counter. they sit in rice and the white ones always look vaguely shriveled (well, end of season for white now) but they do have a few every week.
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Posted 03 February 2009 - 12:44 AM
dean & deluca have them, but i think way over priced. i heard mention of a place in chelsea market that gets nice ones but i don't know the name of the shop.
has anyone tried plantin? the prices look good.
has anyone tried plantin? the prices look good.
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Posted 03 February 2009 - 12:47 AM
QUOTE(splinky @ Feb 3 2009, 12:44 AM) 
dean & deluca have them, but i think way over priced. i heard mention of a place in chelsea market that gets nice ones but i don't know the name of the shop.
that would be Buon Italia: fresh black truffles
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Posted 03 February 2009 - 12:48 AM
QUOTE(nuxvomica @ Feb 2 2009, 07:47 PM)
QUOTE(splinky @ Feb 3 2009, 12:44 AM)
dean & deluca have them, but i think way over priced. i heard mention of a place in chelsea market that gets nice ones but i don't know the name of the shop.
that would be Buon Italia: fresh black truffles
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Posted 03 February 2009 - 12:54 AM
D'Artagnan sells them, but I don't know if they can ship to Canada.
Also probably the Italian grocery in Pike Place Market in Seattle whose name escapes me (great store, though), but again, don't know if they can ship to you.
Also probably the Italian grocery in Pike Place Market in Seattle whose name escapes me (great store, though), but again, don't know if they can ship to you.
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Posted 03 February 2009 - 12:58 AM
It's appalling the stuff you have to sift through when you google "truffles" in a simple attempt to be helpful:
Banafish Raspberry Truffle Diaper Stacker
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Posted 03 February 2009 - 01:00 AM
QUOTE(ghostrider @ Feb 2 2009, 07:58 PM)
It's appalling the stuff you have to sift through when you google "truffles" in a simple attempt to be helpful:
Banafish Raspberry Truffle Diaper Stacker
Banafish Raspberry Truffle Diaper Stacker
$70, that's highway robbery!
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Posted 03 February 2009 - 11:23 AM
I heard on the CBC that there are black perigord truffles in BC now, although Canadian trufficulture is in its infancy.
http://www.ducketttruffieres.com/
http://www.ducketttruffieres.com/
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Posted 03 February 2009 - 03:22 PM
What adorable truffle doggies! 
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Posted 03 February 2009 - 04:52 PM
We've bought both white and black truffles from Citarella. Some were good, some not so good, so I can't really recommend them even though they do sell mail order.
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