http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Christy+Santo Cooking Christy Santo Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=380132&ca=Cooking Truffles are hypogenous (underground) mushrooms that resemble stones and vary in size from a marble to a large ball. Few truffles are poisonous. However only a small number of truffles are considered to be delicacies by people throughout the world. Most truffles do not break the surface of the oil a... Food and Drinks Christy Santo Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=379175&ca=Food+and+Drinks There are many who have praised the truffle through the ages, from Pliny's statement (or warning) that it would be better to suffer a famine of wheat than a shortage of truffles, to the upscale gourmands of today who sometimes pay hundreds of dollars for a truffle dish. And why is this? Because the...