Chapter 28
Dinner at La PiolaRita and Stefano broke away from the others to find more trifolài to talk to. Walking slowly toward the outer edges of Piazza Savona, they whispered back and forth, trying to analyze the problem and yet find a solution to theirs: Ristorante Girasole was renowned for its truffle menu in October. Unless these two could hunt down more truffles, the year's menu would be embarrassing.
Tomaso and Paolo stood longer talking about the harvest as Paolo soaked in mountains of stories and anecdotes about the wondrous tuber. Tomaso explained the science of truffle organisms, called mycology, and explained to Paolo the less scientific knowledge that had become part of tradition and folklore among the Albese and, more importantly, among the trifolài. Paolo listened intentl
