Tuesday, March 29, 2011

3-29-2011



I'm pretty sure I've reached the next echelon of food nerd when Nicole gets me gifts like this...and I get beyond embarrassingly excited. These are actual bitty flakes of Tuber Magnatum Pico or white truffle. White truffles sell for over $200 an ounce. The whole truffle industry in general is really interesting and fun to read about on Wikipedia all night when you can't sleep.

We were going to save it all for a special cooking, but we got excited and Nicole poached pefect eggs to put on pasta with mushrooms. You only use a few drops at a time.