Eson spent a lot of time with different types of people in this business. Some are doing it kind of on the sides, others are doing it full time. The dynamic cure is really interesting, because even a bunch of guys and smesagas who don't need you to know how good they are would rather just keep t quiet and not reveal their spots. They 're like, so proud of their dogs. Eson: "The dog was the key thing that i think got me into a lot of places"
Journalist and author Rowan Jacobsen talks about his book Truffle Hound with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. This conversation has nothing to do with chocolate. It's about the strange world of underground fungi, found in the forest by specially trained dogs and used by chefs and home cooks around the world. You will learn about truffle oil, cooking with truffles, truffle hounds, and the economics of all of the above.