Risotto with Périgord Truffles

WHY THE HELL IS HE GIVING US A RECIPE FOR TRUFFLES? You can’t buy the things anywhere, except in jars. True, but this is also a reference book that you may find handy when you are confronted with them on a restaurant menu or in a specialist shop. Black truffles which come mainly from the Périgord region of France, or Norcia in Italy, are about a third of the price of their cousins, the white truffle. If you are a truffle fan, you will probably own a truffle shaver which is a dinky, little s