Local Luxury: Chef Amy Brandwein Talks American Truffles

Here’s what most fine-dining denizens know about truffles: One, they are delicious. Two, they are expensive. Three, they come from Italy or France. That last detail, though? It’s simply not true. It turns out there is an American truffle that’s been right under our noses all along, growing in the high altitudes of the Appalachian…