Did you know that poodles have been trained to sniff out truffles since the 1700s? Or that the best truffle dog in the world right now is a Lagotto Romagnolo, an Italian water dog, named Civetta?

Read this fascinating piece about the history of truffles (including the dogs who sniff them out) in 3quarksdaily. The author, Elatia Harris, is a Cambridge-based personal chef and cooking instructor.