How to make men more lovable

摘要

Their scent is "musky, fiery, savoury, mysterious-a hot drowsy smell, that lulls the senses, and yet enflames them," wrote William Makepeace Thackeray. Alexandre Dumas thought that truffles "make women more tender and men more lovable". That is an exaggeration, but visitors to the Oregon Truffle Festival, which starts on January 24th, are happy to pay lavishly for the experience. Tickets for packages such as "The Epicurious Gourmand" ($695 per person, including truffle-tasting and truffle-hunting with dogs) sold out in November, far ahead of previous years.