He said the truffle probably took two to three months to reach full growth.

It is the story of five girls whose parents start a business in making truffles.

Still there's more than one way to skin a truffle.

Summer truffles are pretty much what you find in England.

Almost all truffles are found in close association with trees.

And from now on, I'm also going to worry about truffles.

Truffles have always been a luxury, now more than ever.

The truffles can be frozen for up to a week.

The truffles, once made, will keep in the refrigerator for two weeks.

In 1900, truffles were used by most people, and on many occasions.

He was making a selection from the first white truffles of the season.

"Many Americans now think that large truffles are the standard," she said.

He could easily have sold the truffle two or three times over.

If buying truffles, go with someone who knows their stuff.

One truffle will have a minor impact on your system.

"I was never asked to hunt truffles as a child."

And evidently some who do not mind Chinese truffles either.

These truffles will store for up to two weeks in the fridge.

"I'm not sure I understand everything there is to know about truffles.

It can take three days or more for truffles to arrive from Europe.

Certainly they are two things the European truffle is not: cheap and available.

I returned to my chair, and waited for the truffles.

With time in the glass it developed a smell of truffles.

Truffles can be made up to a week in advance and frozen.

And if truffles are what they were last year, we probably wouldn't sell any.

The stews are the way to go at La Truffe.

La Truffe also organizes wine tasting events.

One of the most popular appetizers at La Truffe is a liberally modified boudin.

Perhaps not, but the patrons at La Truffe, at least, are not quibbling.

Irénée had previously worked at La Truffe Noire, another London restaurant.

Sur la culture artificielle de la truffe, - On the artificial culture of truffles.

Best Fantastic Director: Kim Nguyen (Truffe)

In 1993 she represented Radio Canada at the "Truffe de Périgueux" festival held in Périgord, France.

Depending on the season, delicacies on offer include local mushrooms, duck- and goose-based products such as foie gras, and even the holy truffe noir (black truffle).

Vitelotte, also called Vitelotte noire, Négresse or Truffe de Chine, is a gourmet French variety of blue-violet potato.

If you're after a winter break, a truffle weekend at the Auberge de la Truffe at Sorges (see above) will cost you £160 per person, all in (though make your own travel arrangements).

This happened with the pate de marcassin truffe, a terrine-like slice containing young wild boar, truffles, fine herbs and pistachios, which despite all these ingredients was lardy and curiously flat in flavor.

La Truffe du Perigord offers an array of prepared meals and a full olive bar, and sells D'Artagnan foie gras and pate from Trois Petits Cochons.

Though some truffle dishes are available on the hotel menu throughout the year, the special Menu de la Truffe is usually held during Valentine's Week because of the fungus's renowned (but unproven) reputation to seduce.

A kilogram, or 2.2 pounds, of fresh truffles at specialized boutiques like La Maison de la Truffe in Paris now costs nearly $3,200, making truffles one of those rare agricultural products more profitable than opium.

Cassoulet ($12 a pound), for example, is from the Languedoc, and La Truffe takes further liberties with the stew, making it soupier than usual and using Spanish sausage along with duck breast, ham and white beans.

The guests nibbled through chocolate No. 2, the "truffe nature" made of three different kinds of beans - from Venezuela, Madagascar and Ecuador - and on to No. 3, the praline of almonds and hazelnuts.

La Truffe 10 South Front Street (215) 925-5062 This romantic classical French restaurant near the Delaware River is beloved by its faithful patrons both for its congenial owners, Jeannine Mermet and Leslie Smith, and for its refined cooking.

AMONG the many delicious options these days at Grand Central Terminal, I've found few things as consistently satisfying as the stews at La Truffe du Périgord, a small takeout counter on the east side of Grand Central Market.

I looked up as the waiter arrived to take our orders and was treated to the stimulation of listening to Mrs. McKenna order such things as Mock Turtle au Xerxes, Canape Rex, Sweetbread Truffe Montpelier, and other stomach-wrenching fare.

The origin of the word 'truffle' appears to be the Latin term 'tuber', meaning "lump", which became 'tufer-' and gave rise to the various European terms: French language 'truffe', Spanish language 'trufa', German language 'Trüffel', and Dutch language 'truffel'.

Morin and Bonifassi worked together again on a version of 1957 Screamin' Jay Hawkins hit "I Put a Spell on You"; it was used as the theme song of the Québécois film Truffe which premiered at the Fantasia Festival in January 2008.