#Truffles take over the menu at NYC restaurants

#Truffles take over the menu at NYC restaurants

“#Truffles take over the menu at NYC restaurants” It’s truffle season — and prices for the prized tubers have gotten more astronomical than ever. A pound of white truffles — the most rare and sought-after, rooted up by keen-nosed dogs and pigs in northern Italy’s Piedmont region — have lately hit all-time highs between $4,500…

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#Champagne crisis bubbles up in Hamptons

#Champagne crisis bubbles up in Hamptons

“#Champagne crisis bubbles up in Hamptons” Blu Mar and 75 Maine owner Zach Erdem says one of his customers is prepared to fly cases of champagne from France to the Hamptons.Patrick McMullan via Getty Image Oh, mon dieu! There’s a champagne crisis in the Hamptons that’s forcing East End restaurateurs to fly in their own…

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