Guests will be able to shave their own white truffles over dishes such as uovo fritto con toma fondue Piemontese, ravioli dal plin, and beef filet with foie gras and white truffle gelato.

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Hosted by renowned restaurateur Piero Selvaggio and Chef Pellegrini the December 9th menu includes Homemade Duck Prosciutto with Boschetto and White Truffle, and Wagyu Beef Medallion with Barolo Demi White Asparagus and White Truffle.

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The white truffle season in Italy is just over a week old and the harvest is already entering the U.S. There is probably no one who awaits their arrival more than Tony May and his daughter Marisa.

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The duo own and operate SD26, a contemporary Italian restaurant in New York, and each year they hold a celebration of the tartufi bianchi that appear each autumn from the Piemonte region, which includes the epicenter of Italian white truffle mania: the city of Alba.

FORBES: Annual Truffle Gala Will Go On at SD26

Signature dishes include fresh tagliolini pasta with white alba truffle, and paccheri (tube-shaped pasta) with fresh lobster, made to his own recipe.

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Any truffle, a type of mushroom, is pricey but white truffles are the most prized, partly because they are so rare.

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