{"id":33423,"date":"2007-10-12T08:50:24","date_gmt":"2007-10-12T07:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frenchduck.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=343"},"modified":"2007-10-12T08:50:24","modified_gmt":"2007-10-12T07:50:24","slug":"carpentras-truffle-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/carpentras-truffle-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpentras Truffle Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/frenchduck.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/truffe-marche-de-carpentras.jpg\" alt=\"Truffle market at Carpentras\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" \/><br \/>\nThe area around Carpentras (84 Vaucluse, Provence) is famous for its truffles (known as the &#8220;Black Diamond&#8221; or <em>Diamant Noire<\/em>) and November sees the first of the weekly Truffle markets <em>(March\u00e9 aux Truffes)<\/em> in the Place Aristide Briand. In true French style there is ceremony and celebration for the first market of the season, with the initiation of new members of the Truffle Brotherhood and a tasting of Omelette aux Truffes.<br \/>\nBut beyond the ceremony, the image is one of huddled groups of (mainly) men, jealously guarding their prized truffles and haggling hard in muffled voices and surreptitious gestures to get a good (and high) price before they reluctantly part with their mysterious but pungent treasyre.<br \/>\nThe market runs every Friday until mid-March.<\/p>\n<p>For more info see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carpentras-ventoux.com\/en\/market-truffles-carpentras-winter-tuber-melanosporum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.carpentras-ventoux.com<\/a><br \/>\nOther Truffle markets are held in <strong>Uz\u00e8s <\/strong>(30 Gard, Languedoc) and <strong>Richerenches<\/strong> (84 Vaucluse, Provence). There is also an online Truffle market in the Dordogne &#8211; see  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frenchduck.com\/2006\/11\/online_truffle_market.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.frenchduck.com\/2006\/11\/online_truffle_market.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more on French Food on <a href=\"http:\/\/frenchduck.co.uk\/wordpress\/?cat=76\">www.frenchduck.co.uk<\/a> and on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frenchduck.com\/winefood_in_france\/frenchfood\/\">www.frenchduck.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The area around Carpentras (84 Vaucluse, Provence) is famous for its truffles (known as the &#8220;Black Diamond&#8221; or Diamant Noire) and November sees the first of the weekly Truffle markets (March\u00e9 aux Truffes) in the Place Aristide Briand. 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