Reheat: A Trunk Full Of Truffles

重新加热:装满松露的箱子

The Sporkful

艺术

2024-12-28

34 分钟
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We follow a young truffle dealer as he hustles his way across New York City selling white truffles out of a styrofoam cooler in his car for thousands of dollars a pop. Then we try to figure out why people pay so much for this funky fungus.
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  • Hey, everyone.

  • Dan here with the last sporkful reheat of 2024.

  • And, you know, it's the holiday season, but it's also truffle season.

  • And I think about this reheat all the time because I love truffles.

  • I eat them maybe once a year, maybe even once every other year.

  • Don't give me any truffle oil on your french fries, okay?

  • Like, that's not actually truffles.

  • It's like a synthetic compound, okay?

  • Truffles are special.

  • They're extremely expensive.

  • And that's why I only eat them, like, once a year or once every other year.

  • And when I do it, I do it right.

  • And at the same time, I think about this episode because we're gonna dive into the musky, expensive, and surprisingly cutthroat world of truffle buying and selling.

  • Now, I'm happy to report that Ian Prokayosta, the young, scrappy truffle vendor you'll hear from in this episode, is still selling truffles through his company, Regalis Foods.

  • They got a whole lot of other incredible specialty items too.

  • And Ian did publish a memoir called Truffle Boy.

  • Now, remember, if there's an episode of the Sporkful you want us to pull out of the deep freezer, let us know.

  • Send us an email or voice memo to helloporkful.com.

  • tell me your name, location, what episode you want us to reheat, and why.

  • Thanks so much and enjoy our final reheat of the year.