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January 4, 2008

Black diamonds

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While the rest of us are worrying about how we're going to be able to fill our gas tanks, restaurateurs are grappling with an even more serious problem: last year's poor truffle season. The bad-for-us dollar/euro exchange rate isn't helping either.

Joe Bastianich, who owns Del Posto in New York with Mario Batali and mom Lidia Bastianich, reports that he spends enormous amounts on truffles each week.

In 2006, he paid $1,500 for a pound of truffles. Last year the price went up to $4,500 a pound.

Life is tough for everyone. No word yet on how the exquisite Del Posto autumn truffle menu went this season. 

Posted by Elizabeth Large at 1:50 PM | | Comments (4)
        

Comments

Have 2, they're small.

yummm remind me to a trip to the big apple and visit babbo for the winter pasta tasting menu. winter blacks are optional... hmm may just a couple of slices.

Truffles . . . for people who have more money (or more maxed-out credit card debt) than sense.

Although we live on my husband's disability check (mental) we still try to enjoy black truffles at least several times a year.

My husband doesn't really "get" how you are supposed to serve tuffles and once tried to eat one whole!

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Elizabeth Large, The Baltimore Sun's restaurant critic, blogs about memorable meals, dining trends, comings and goings on the restaurant scene and more.
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