Good Things From Italy - Le Cose Buone d'Italia

A partnership between Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) and the Marche Region in Italy will see the first ever ‘International White Truffle’ charity auction take place on the opening day of the Speciality Food Festival (November 9 ) at 4pm via a Skype feed from the Truffle Fair in Acqualagna, Italy.[...]

Sparvoli, 37, isn’t selling anything illegal. She’s selling truffles — specifically black Italian summer truffles and black winter truffles from Australia (a burgeoning growing region for the fungi given its opposite seasons) — to Pierre Schutz, the executive chef at the Mark Restaurant by Jean-Georges.
Francesca Sparvoli wheels around an insulated bag filled with about $6,000 worth of black truffles. She sells the pricey fungi to top chefs around the city and is on call 24/7.
Two years ago, Sparvoli, a native of the Marche region of Italy and a former journalist, moved to New York City with her then-boyfriend, now-husband, businessman Marco Bassi, to break into the NYC truffle trade. She and Bassi had always wanted to move to the city after visiting several times to run marathons, and the truffle business is in her blood — her family has been dealing truffles for three generations, and Marche is a major region for the fancy fungi.

Italy has many food excellences. Among them certainly are truffles. But where exactly can you find them and what's their history? Swide tells you everything about these little gourmet luxuries.

Taken home, Klaus began taking an interest in wine and especially truffles, becoming an expert, making known the truffles of Le Marche in the programs of Bavarian and German TV.

But the passion for the Marche brought Klaus to turn into a tour operator sui generis.

Together with Federica from Jesi they organize groups of abut fifty north-european tourists for visits of three or four days in the central Marche.

Their guests are excited about the Marche and even though he has never made promotion initiatives, with the simple word of mouth, he has obtained bookings for its tours until the end of 2015! [...]

The stunningly scenic mountain village of Montefortino in the Sibillini Mountains Central Italy, held its 16th annual Festival of Real Truffles, 'Festival del Tartufo Vero dei Monti Sibillini', often amidst thunder and lightening. While the stormy weather was not ideal it was symbolic as the Romans believed that truffles were created when the god Jove hit an oak tree with a thunderbolt. Doctor Fioravanti the president of the truffle association, A.T.T., spoke about the cultural history of truffles prized from Greek civilization onwards and associated with myths concerning their powers, such as being an aphrodisiac or the food of witches. In the past the 'real' truffle needed to be distinguished from legends. Today the 'real' truffle needs to be protected from the counterfeit. [...]