Truffle Hound: On the Trail of the World’s Most Seductive Scent, with Dreamers, Schemers, and Some Extraordinary Dogs

[A] pacy travelogue-cum-foodie manual * Spectator * With a dose of romanticism that inevitably comes with truffles, Jacobsen teaches even this jaded truffle-hunter a thing or two. It is less a book about food than an incitement to passion. * John Wright, author of The Forager's Calendar * Rowan Jacobsen’s Truffle Hound, like a truffle, charms by seducing us—with the odd people he calls “post-modern hunter gatherers," and, best of all, the irresistible professional truffle-hunting poodles. He presents a world well worth the visit -- Mark Kurlansky [H]ere are the Winesap, the Pound Sweet, the Maiden’s Blush and Black Twig, rendered in a vivid prose rarely seen outside of the wine list . . . For anyone who’s willing to get swept up in the grand romance of food, this handsome volume will make for seductive reading. * Morning Edition, NPR, on APPLES OF UNCOMMON CHARACTER * One of the most remarkable single-subject books to come along in a while . . . Jacobsen covers oysters in exhaustive detail, but with writing so engaging and sprightly that reading about the briny darlings is almost as compulsive as eating them . . . There may be no more pleasurable food than a raw oyster, there almost certainly is no better guide. * Los Angeles Times on A GEOGRAPHY OF OYSTERS * Written in an accessible style by a hard-core ostreaphile, A Geography of Oysters is a fun read, inviting you to join Jacobsen on his quest for an oyster-rich life. Yes, please! * Washington Post on A GEOGRAPHY OF OYSTERS * I always love a truffle book—and this one is a terrific addition to the oeuvre—but what is special about Truffle Hound is its investigation of many truffles from many places. For all those who think of truffles in binary terms, as in T. melanosporum (black truffles) and T. magnatum (white truffles), Truffle Hound will be a revelation * Eugenia Bone, author of Mycophilia and contributor to Fantastic Fungi (the film and the book) * You don’t have to be a foodie, a forester or a mycologist to enjoy Truffle Hound, it’s that yummy * Buzz Mag *