Even as some people spend years training dogs to find truffles underground, others plant forests of oaks and wait a decade for this fungus to appear; those who can't wait that long will pay $3,000 a pound to possess them. Why? The scent of one freshly unearthed truffle was all it took to lead Rowan Jacobsen down a rabbit hole into a world of misty woods, black-market deals, obsessive chefs, and some of the most memorable meals ever created. Both an entertaining odyssey and a manifesto, this is Jacobsen's quest to find out their secret, a journey from Italy to Hungary, Spain, England, and North America.