Massi rushes down the slope, leaps across a slow-running stream and disappears inside a thick bush. Rosie, his young ...

Truffles are on the menu at Coltivare. They're also on the mind for chef Ryan Pera's dog, who is learning to find them by ...

Deep in the rolling hills of northern Italy, where ancient oak trees guard their precious underground treasures, a special breed of dog has been perfecting the art of truffle hunting for centuries.

Something funky this way comes. All over the world, deep inside dark forests, hunters tip toe in secret for a wildly expensive delicacy: truffles. The aromatic fungi grows underground, tethered to ...

Massi was onto something. The 1-year-old Lagotto Romagnolo dog was pinging back and forth through the thick underbrush blossoming along the creek, nose to the ground, sniffing at the patchwork of ...

As a cook and an avid diner, I’ve become a little fixated on seeing where my food comes from. I’ve been fishing for halibut and salmon in Alaska, tasted my favorite bubbly in Champagne, walked the ...

Monza, a truffle hunting dog, and her dog trainer Lois Martin found a new truffle species at a municipal park in Tennessee. On Christmas Eve, Lois Martin decided to take Monza, her Lagotto Romagnolo, ...

Before the rise of homesteading influencers, picturing farm life would have likely brought to mind an arduous and messy day: wheelbarrow loads, pig troughs, late-night calving, and long hours spent ...

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