I like traditions and rituals -- especially those that involve food, whether simple or elaborate. Every time I go to a sports event, I take my own peanuts, purchased by mail from a company in Virginia ...

Cultivating truffles in Sonoma County? It has been an intriguing idea since Henry Trione first explored it with his friend J. Ralph Stone in the 1970s. But growing truffles in Sonoma County didn’t ...

BEAVERCREEK — Paul Bishop Sr. used to joke that his ancestors spent all their time clearing trees from — and he spent all his time replanting them. Bishop, who died June 19 at 83 after a yearlong ...

There is a fungus the size of a golf ball that sells for more per ounce than most people earn in a day. It smells like garlic soaked in earth and aged cheese, and it cannot survive more than about a ...

Gathering around the dinner table with friends and family at their Alameda home is what grounds Fabrice and Claudia Caporal and their two children, and they’ve put down roots in the island city’s ...

FRUIT OF FAITH: This black truffle is one of about 40 unearthed early this month at the Mountain Research Station pilot truffle orchard in Waynesville. Established in 2011, this is the first year the ...

Oregon joins a trend in which dogs sniff out the fragrant fungi while keeping the surrounding area intact By LAURA McCANDLISH Special to The Oregonian Until last year, Gusto, a 6-year-old ...

For the past four years, between the months of December and March, Seth Angerer has walked through his family’s orchard in Geyserville, Calif., hoping for a miracle. With his dogs Leo and Vito in tow, ...