The Most (Italian) Expensive Food in the World

It sells for as much as $3,600 a pound and is very difficult to find out there. We are talking about truffles, also known as "the diamonds of the kitchen".

Truffles are a type of fungus usually found in the ground, near the roots of trees. There are two main families of truffles:

• white truffles
• black truffles

and many other related species. Italian white truffles are the most valuable on the market and very highly esteemed. Haversed in Piedmont region (northern Italy), a kilogram of truffles can cost you up to 9.000,00 Euros: 12,300 USD!

Sources

ilfattoalimentare.it - 9.000 euro per un chilo di tartufi. Come si arriva a listini così vertiginosi. Il parere di Paolo Montanaro di Tartufo OK

en.wikipedia.org - Truffle