Paint It Black Award

FRENCH TRUFFLES

Four major suppliers of the prized delicacies, which sell for as much as $460 per lb. in chic Paris shops, have been indicted in Provence. Their "black diamonds" were allegedly nothing more than cheap gray and white mushrooms covered with a dark stain made from walnuts.

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