Posts Tagged ‘Italian white truffles’
Two-Pound Truffle Sells for $200,000
Global economic crisis? What global economic crisis? Over the weekend, an auction house sold an Italian white truffle, weighing 2.37 pounds, for $200,000. According to the Associated Press, the “prized tuber went for the second year running to Hong Kong-born casino mogul Stanley Ho after an auction held simultaneously in Rome, London, Abu Dhabi and Macau, auction organizers said.”
The AP also reports that Ho last year bought “a 3.3-pounder– one of the biggest truffles unearthed in half a century — for a record $330,000.”
So aside from garnering a ridiculous amount of media attention, what else can Ho do with his massive tuber? I mean, can you actually use that much truffle in a kitchen before the thing goes bad? I decided to put the question to Enzo Fargione, the talented toque at Teatro Goldoni and one of Esquire magazine’s chefs to watch in 2008.
