Périgord
Americannoun
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Similarly, Alba white truffles fetch prices ten times higher than Périgord black truffles, reaching up to 6,000 euros per kilogram.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
He added: “There is a part of me that wants Le Périgord to stay in its peculiar time warp. The spectacle is simply too delicious.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
The Périgord region of France is known for truffles, foie gras and historic castles from the Thirty Years’ War.
From Washington Post ● May 14, 2021
In the walk-in fridge at Regalis, he pulls out a carefully vacuum-sealed bag of Périgord truffles, Tuber melanosporum, rough black orbs the diameter of a half dollar.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 21, 2017
In a few weeks the livers of most of them would be made into those excellent truffled pâtés de foie gras, which it is the pride and profit of Périgord to send far and wide.
From Two Summers in Guyenne by Edward Harrison Barker
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