have truffle prices skyrocketed in the past 40 years?
i’ve been reading some relatively old french cookbooks recently (ie the french menu cookbook by richard olney from 1970) and one of his preparations calls for a full 1/2 pound of truffles on pasta.
in san francisco, currently, i believe this amount of truffle would cost well over $1000.
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