Here Comes Truffle

This episode, join us on a hunt for buried treasure at a
super-secret location in North Carolina. We follow a million-dollar
dog wearing adorable slippers, and then get down on our knees,
butts in the air and noses in the dirt, on the trail of a fungus
that drives both pigs and people wild. The smell's been described
many different ways—cheesy, earthy, garlicky, even sweaty—but
there’s only one thing in nature that can make it: truffles. So,
how did this knobbly, brown, potato-shaped fungus come to be one of
the world's most expensive foods—and is there any science behind
its reputation as an aphrodisiac? Listen in this episode as we get
down and dirty hunting truffles, exposing truffle fraud, and
getting the scoop on one of the world's oldest and most equal
partnerships. Just what you wanted for Valentine’s Day! Learn more
about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices