Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eva, a Lagotto Romagnolo dog, hands a truffle she found to her owner Luke Gilbert near Hendersonville, North Carolina, on November ...

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 ...

“He’s watching us,” Melissa hisses. “Don’t look!” All morning it’s been like this; Melissa, head on a swivel, commanding us to act normally at the first sign of anyone approaching. No one is beyond ...

First things first, let's clear up a common misconception: truffles are not mushrooms. They are a fungus, and while they are closely related, they are not actually part of the mushroom family. Instead ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chef Ryan Pera, of Coltivare, works with his Lagotto Romagnolo dog, Mochi, to train him to hunt for truffles in Houston Wednesday, ...

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 ...

What tops a nice walk in the woods? Hiking those woods with a dog that sniffs out Oregon truffles. Evesham Wood winery owners Jordan and Erin Nuccio take that notion to heart by offering their guests ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — This week we're heading on a hunting trip with “man’s best friend” who has the keenest sense of smell for finding underground treasure just under the forest duff — it’s an Oregon ...