In pictures: On the hunt for gastronomic gold in Italy amid COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic gave truffles a much-needed break to grow and reflourish

Last updated: November 09, 2020 | 16:24

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Despite new measures to stop the spread of the Covid-19, truffles hunters are allowed to search in the countryside in Italy.

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Truffle hunter Carlo Marenda and his dog Buc walk through a forest in the Langhe Countryside as they search for white truffles in Roddi, Italy.

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Truffles hunter Carlo Marenda and his dog Buc walks in the hills to search white truffles in Roddi, Langhe Countryside.

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Trufffles hunters are allowed to search in the countryside in Italy.

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Truffle hunter Carlo Marenda and his dog Buc walk through the Langhe Countryside as they search for white truffles in Roddi.

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Truffle hunter Carlo Marenda and his dog Buc walk through the a forest in the Langhe Countryside as they search for white truffles.

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Truffle hunter Carlo Marenda smells a white truffle found by his dog Buc in a forest in the Langhe Countryside in Roddi.

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Truffle hunter Carlo Marenda shows a white truffle found by his dog Buc in a forest in the Langhe Countryside in Roddi.

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Truffle hunter Carlo Marenda and his dog Buc walk through the Langhe Countryside as they search for white truffles in Roddi.

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Truffle hunter Carlo Marenda holds a white truffle found by his dog Buc in a forest in the Langhe Countryside in Roddi.

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Truffle hunter Carlo Marenda and his dog Buc search for white truffles through the Langhe Countryside in Roddi, Italy.

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