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Alba white truffle association is on the warpath

reuters.com — Italian media has been abuzz about a top executive who refused to pay a 4,000 euro ($5,058) bill after dining on truffles with five guests at Milan's two Michelin-starred Cracco restaurant. "They did not want to see the menus. They just said: 'We want the truffles'." The party of 6 consumed about 300gm of truffle, which costs 10.90 euros per gram.

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  • howsyamaschooks, on 02/21/2009, -0/+6The great truffle debate...continues!
  • Zeitgeister, on 02/21/2009, -0/+2Really, what did he expect?
  • shadeOfGrey, on 02/21/2009, -0/+1When something is measured in grams, it's too expensive.
  • spookyttws, on 02/22/2009, -0/+1I'm somewhat confused on what actually happened...
  • MokaPot, on 02/21/2009, -0/+1"Italian media has been abuzz about..", I'm italian and I've never heard of this story nor that I've found any article about it, it sounds made up. Not that I would give a ***** about truffles anyway.
  • inactive, on 02/21/2009, -0/+1The controversy appears to be mushrooming.
  • allocate, on 02/21/2009, -0/+1I should start ordering food by number of grams.
  • alphgeek, on 02/21/2009, -2/+110.90 a gram for the exquisite taste somewhere between dirt and *****. Please don't ask me how I know that.

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