Maybe you bought it to make margaritas and now you want to figure out other uses for it.

Farmers are often getting more tourism dollars from truffles than the raw products themselves.. — Alana McGee.“Truffles are a viable forest item to sell," she says.

"It also turns out that farmers are often getting more tourism dollars from truffles than the raw products themselves.”.McGee has been in the truffle business for 16 years and is on the committee of.(The National American Truffle Growers Association) that determines the grading system for American truffles, which was released late last year.

The association is young, and grading is voluntary.They created a rubric so chefs and home consumers can understand what they’re getting, and help determine truffle prices.

“I equate it to the California wine industry in the 1930s” McGee says.. How chefs are using American truffles in their restaurants.

“I kind of hate truffles as a concept,” says chef Patrick Alfiero of Philadelphia’s.over the years in search of one that could take the guesswork out of making grains.

testing out the KitchenAid grain and rice cooker., I can safely say I found it.

I just gave one to my mom as a Hanukkah gift, and it has already become a permanent fixture on her kitchen countertop.Ready to make your life easier?.