On December 1st in London, an auction hosted by Giorgio Locatelli at his restaurant Refettorio saw the sale of a 1,5 kg Truffle (a little over 3 pounds in US parlance) for $330.000.
Thanks to Truffle goes for a trifling $330,000 by Rebecca Seal on Word of Mouth for landing this sale on my map.
She describes the truffle in question as a monstrous warty creature.
The auction was simultaneously taking place in Florence and Macao, the new top gambling spot in the world before Las Vegas.
If you think it's crazy to spend that king of money on a food item, don't worry it was all for a good cause.
The auction raised funds for 3 charities, Telethon in Italy (helps to find cures for all human genetic diseases), Consortium for Street Children in London, and Caritas in Macao (again I quote Rebecca's piece).
I doubt we will land such a pricey item for Menu for Hope 4 , starting December 10, raising funds for the UN Food Programme.
Related piece: Giving Time...With 'Menu for Hope 4' Help us Raise Funds for UN Food Program
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