She brines chicken in buttermilk, grills it slow and steady, and pairs it with subtle nods to her wine-country home: fresh grapes wrinkled over the fire, raisins, preserved young grape leaves, splashes of verjus.

Long-nosed dogs are being trained to hunt these precious nuggets all over North America.Chefs like Jeremy Umansky of.

in Cleveland are even finding truffles in Ohio.Native truffles are popping up on menus in season, late fall into early spring.. “When did you find out there were truffles on the property?” I ask Amanda Humphrey,.’s Advocacy and Experience manager at Star Hill Farm, the distillery’s estate in Loretto, Kentucky.

In 2022, the team sent a Lagotto truffle dog out with its owner."We were like, we’re not going to find anything out here.

This is a joke.”.

But the dog found native truffles of the pecan variety, which the Maker’s Mark has dubbed the Kentucky Winter White Truffle, though it still lacks a scientific name, “It’s a lot lighter than the Perigord,” Humphrey reports."It's almost impossible to end up with dry, overcooked fish when cooking it whole," says chef Steve Corry this recipe.

"The bones protect against extreme heat, plus they add flavor and moisture."Here, Corry achieves a crispy skin on the stovetop and then finishes the whole branzino that's stuffed with lemon and rosemary in the oven.

He makes an easy compound butter — which melts on the fish to become a sauce — with wild Tunisian mountain capers, but any caper will work.. Get the Recipe.Photo by Jacob Fox / Food Styling by Lauren McAnelly / Prop Styling by Jessica Thomas ; Susan Mitchell.