"It should not be stunning that producing truffles is difficult," says Matthew Smith, a plant pathologist and truffle expert with the University of Florida. "You begin with them when they’re puppies, hiding little pieces of truffles across the house and whenever they find one, you rewarded them," says Malone, whose dog Lia remains to be vulnerable to distraction. Are there other ways to seek out truffles? As Season 2 of ‘MasterChef’ returned to Fox on Monday evening, there was loads of tension and drama and leg-pulling. Our truffles are foraged seasonally in France and Italy, and when those are executed we supply farmed truffles from Australia, which lengthens the season for these fragrant delicacies.