Oaks and the Apennines: Truffle Cultivation, Heritage Foods, Sustainability and Well-being in Italy

A compelling account of life and food in the Apennine Mountains, Central Italy. This book offers invaluable technical information on truffles and theory regarding their cultivation, together with a fascinating narration of the experiences, history and cultures of inhabitants within the Sibillini Mountains. The author explores the ecological and culinary knowledge and practices of people of this area of Central Italy, guiding the reader with historical records, contemporary ethnographic accounts, and political-economic framing, through this mountain region which she knows so intimately, into the complex and multifaceted world of nature-first truffle farming.