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2012 News Releases
Acclaimed Chefs Will Prepare the Grand Truffle Dinner at the Seventh Annual Oregon Truffle Festival
October 27, 2011
EUGENE, Ore. - The Oregon Truffle Festival announces that four of the finest nationally and internationally recognized chefs will join host chef Stephanie Pearl Kimmel of Marché Restaurant to prepare the five-course meal served at the annual Grand Truffle Dinner, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at the Eugene Hilton & Conference Center, located at 66 E. Sixth Ave., Eugene.
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Seventh Annual Oregon Truffle Festival Seeks New Culinary Talents With Inspired Recipes
September 29, 2011
EUGENE, Ore. - Organizers of the upcoming Oregon Truffle Festival are calling on amateur chefs to submit original recipes featuring the native Oregon white and/or Oregon black truffles for the One Big Truffle Recipe Contest, a competition inspired by the earthy delicacy. A panel of acclaimed chefs will choose finalists whose recipes will be featured at the Oregon Truffle Festival, January 27-29, 2012, in Eugene, Ore. Read full news release -->>
Seventh Annual Oregon Truffle Festival to Entice Truffle Enthusiasts With the Unique Flavors of a Northwest Delicacy
September 1, 2011
EUGENE, Ore. - Food lovers are invited to celebrate the glory of a Pacific Northwest delicacy and re-discover American cuisine and culture at the seventh annual Oregon Truffle Festival, Jan. 27 through Jan. 29, 2012, in Eugene. Registration opens today, Sept. 1, 2011. Read full news release -->>
2011 News Releases
FORGET THE TENNIS BALL, TRAIN YOUR DOG TO FETCH SOMETHING YOU REALLY WANT
November 16, 2010
EUGENE, Ore. - Truffles, the earthy and expensive variety, do grow in America, but there have historically been few trained dogs or pigs to find them. For the second year in a row, the Oregon Truffle Festival presents the Truffle Dog Training Seminar, a unique event in North America teaching dogs and their owners how to find truffles in woodlands and truffle orchards across the continent. The seminar, and some of the dog-harvested truffles that result from the class, will be presented at the sixth annual Oregon Truffle Festival, to be held in Eugene, Jan. 28 through Jan. 30, 2011. Read full news release -->>
OREGON TRUFFLE FESTIVAL OPENS WITH "SLOW FOOD" EVENT AT JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART
October 25, 2010
EUGENE, Ore. - The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the University of Oregon campus will host "SLOW: The Taste of Authenticity," the opening act of the 2011 Oregon Truffle Festival the evening of January 28. A celebration of the slow food traditions of Italy and Oregon’s magnificent native truffles, the event promises to be an aesthetic feast for the senses as well as the palate. The multilayered program tells a story designed to connect the food we eat with the communities we live in. Read full news release -->>
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 -->>
2010 News Releases
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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