The truffle is a delicious fruit of earth, a real underground treasure. With its intense aroma and unique flavour it is one of the most mysterious creatures of the vegetable kingdom. An odd bulge that back in the ancient times astonished botanists and naturalists, and even now retains its secrets with a lot of jealousy. [...]

Borgotaro and its valley, in the province of Parma, is internationally well-known for a product that naturally grows in this land: the Porcino Mushroom. It became more and more famous during the 19th century, when migrant mountaineers, forced to emigrate to America or England, exported the product abroad. This mushroom grows in the local woods [...]