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One Food Entrepreneur On Demystifying The Often 'Shady' World Of Gourmet Truffles

It’s truffle season, a time when many upscale restaurants incorporate white and black truffles into their dishes.

Regalis Foods founder Ian Purkayastha ( @IanPurkayastha) has had a longtime love affair with truffles. He joins Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson to discuss his memoir “ Truffle Boy: My Unexpected Journey Through the Exotic Food Underground.”

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