Two Thousand Dollars Arnpound seems like a lot to pay for mushrooms. It really does. Yet during white-truffle season, which typically peaks in October, razor-thin slivers of these mushrooms get showered on dishes from New York City to Dubai to Macau, signifying luxury to even the most jaded palates. One of Daniel Boulud's favorite stories involves Puff Daddy, as he was known at the time, urging the Manhattan megachef to "shave that bitch" onto his food. Boulud told me that he obliged (as, I'm sure, the bill mounted accordingly).
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