Feature

Digging for Truffles

Calling all Tuber magnatum freaks: Thanks to a wet Italian summer, it looks like it’s going to be a bountiful white-truffle season. Where to celebrate, from affordable to extravagant.

By Rob Patronite & Robin Raisfeld
Published Oct 16, 2005

1. Sapori D’Ischia
Every Tuesday from October 18 through November 15, this Italian grocery-cum-ristorante offers a $50 menu, each course featuring fresh white truffles.
55-15 37th Ave., nr. 56th St., Woodside; 718-446-1500

2. Alain Ducasse at the Essex House
Five courses, from seared day-boat scallops with shaved white truffles to poached Bartlett pear and almond cake with white-truffle foam, at M. Ducasse’s hyperelegant American outpost; $290.
155 W. 58th St., nr. Seventh Ave.; 212-265-7300