A ripe black truffle should be firm with a dark gray interior.

Yesterday, European black truffles were selling for $93 an ounce.

The more delicate black truffles have a lower yield but sell for four to five times that price.

Among his suggestions this winter are five dishes made with black truffles.

All we had to do was cook it and add some slivers of black truffle.

Several of the courses were showered with fresh black truffles, nearly $7,500 worth.

Yet black truffles need to be cooked to release their flavor.

But I think of them as training wheels for black truffles, which are an acquired taste.

TOO bad the season for black truffles is still a month or two away.

These are some restaurant dishes that use black truffles and which can easily be made at home.