Food
Truffle Prices Double to $3,200 a Pound
Italy’s hot summer and dry fall could see supplies in some regions reduced by 90 percent.
During a bumper year for Italian white truffles, one of fine dining’s most precious (read: expensive) ingredients, San Francisco chef Michael Tusk can get practically profligate with the aromatic mushrooms. He’ll even use them to top pizza.
“This is probably not a year for that,” says the chef and co-owner of Cotogna and the three-Michelin-starred Quince.