WOODS
The woods have held wealth dug deep in its womb waiting for some one to dig it out or for some one to accidentally come across it. It is an ongoing growth process, part of nature’s law of Live and Let Live. However when an outsider comes into this domain deliberately to disturb this balance, nature sometimes lifts its head and strikes to bring back justice. Giovanni was a truffle hunter in Piedmont Northern Italy. Unknown by many truffle were fungus. Those who did not have this knowledge, in Italy, France and around the globe, wrongly categorised them as mushrooms. An experienced chef appreciates its value puts its woody and earthy tasting shavings to compliment their creations and connoisseurs pay through their nose to have it in their dishes. Growing underground near roots truffles are fruiting body of a certain type of fungus — black and the less common white truffle. It is the most expensive food in the world and prices can be as much as £3,500 for European white truffles. A rece...