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AUTHENTIC ITALIAN TRUFFLES COME TO OREGON AT SIXTH ANNUAL OREGON TRUFFLE FESTIVAL
September 1, 2010
EUGENE, Ore. -- The rich and beautiful palette of Italian truffle culture will join with Oregon's budding truffle industry at the sixth annual Oregon Truffle Festival, to be held Jan. 28 through Jan. 30, 2011, in Eugene, Ore. Registration opens tomorrow, Sept. 1, 2010. The destination weekend festival is composed of five weekend and several stand-alone experience options, culminating in the Grand Truffle Dinner. Guests can enjoy lectures, cooking classes, winery luncheons, truffle forays with trained truffle dogs, truffle farm tours and, of course, truffle-infused fare. Tickets for all events may be purchased online. Read full news release -->>

OREGON TRUFFLE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES GRAND TRUFFLE DINNER MENU
January 14, 2010
EUGENE, Ore.--- Five of Oregon’s most celebrated chefs have collaborated to produce what has been described by Leslie Scott, Oregon Truffle Festival organizer, as an "artfully conceived" menu for the fifth anniversary Grand Truffle Dinner. Read full news release -->>

ACCLAIMED NORTHWEST CHEFS WILL PREPARE THE GRAND TRUFFLE DINNER AT THE FIFTH ANNUAL OREGON TRUFFLE FESTIVAL
December 5, 2009
EUGENE, Ore.--- The Oregon Truffle Festival announces that four of Portland’s most celebrated chefs will join hosts Rocky Maselli and Stephanie Pearl Kimmel of Marché in Eugene to prepare the five-course meal served at the fifth annual Grand Truffle Dinner, to be held Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, in Eugene.
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EUROPEAN TRUFFLE EXPERTS HELP AMERICAN FARMERS CULTIVATE THE ULTIMATE DELICACY FOOD
November 18, 2009
EUGENE, Ore.--- Renowned French truffle researcher and fifth generation truffle farmer, Dr. Pierre Sourzat, and prominent Spanish truffle researchers Dr. Carlos Colinas and Christine Fischer will lead two-day seminars for American truffle growers as part of the fifth annual Oregon Truffle Festival, to be held in Eugene Jan. 29 through Jan. 31, 2010.
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TRAIN YOUR DOG TO FETCH SOMETHING YOU REALLY WANT: RIPE TRUFFLES
November 12, 2009
EUGENE, Ore.--- The Oregon Truffle Festival presents two firsts for North America: a first-of- its-kind seminar to train dogs to hunt for truffles, and the first North American truffle woodland devoted entirely to harvest by trained truffle dogs. Both the Truffle Dog Training Seminar and “dog harvested” truffles will be presented at the fifth annual Oregon Truffle Festival, to be held in Eugene, Jan. 29 through Jan. 31, 2010.
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FRENCH TRUFFLE AND FOOD EXPERTS VISIT THE FIFTH ANNUAL OREGON TRUFFLE FESTIVAL
October 8, 2009
Eugene, Ore.--- Renowned French restaurateurs Jacques and Noëlle Ratier join fifth generation truffle cultivator and scientist, Pierre Sourzat, in launching the fifth annual Oregon Truffle Festival, to be held in Eugene Jan. 29 through Jan. 31, 2010.
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OLD WORLD FRANCE JOINS NEW WORLD OREGON AT FIFTH ANNUAL OREGON TRUFFLE FESTIVAL
September 4, 2010
Eugene, Ore.--- Old World France will meet New World Oregon for a fête du truffes (celebration of truffles) at the fifth annual Oregon Truffle Festival, to be held Jan. 29 through Jan. 31, 2010, in Eugene, Ore.
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