ADVISORY/Photo of Chef Wolfgang Puck and Sidney Poitier At White Truffle Auction Available On BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom, PressLink and Business Wire's Web Site.Photo Editors & Food, Restaurant and Charity Writers ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) The photo is BW2 on AP PhotoExpress. The photo is on Business Wire's Web Site at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.112001/bw2 Photo caption reads: BEVERLY HILLS Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , Calif. -- Nov. 20, 2001 -- Master Chef Wolfgang Puck Wolfgang Johann Puck (born Wolfgang Johann Topfschnig on July 8, 1949) is an Austrian-American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and businessman based in Los Angeles. and superstar Sidney Poitier enjoy Wolfgangs newly-purchased, $19,000, 1.82 pound white truffle truffle (trŭf`əl) [Fr.], subterranean edible fungus that forms a mutually beneficial (symbiotic) relationship with the roots of certain trees and plants. The part of the fungus used as food is the ascoma, the fruiting body of the fungus. . Pucks bid won him the largest prize at the annual White Truffle Auction in Alba, Italy. Proceeds benefit the Windows of Hope charity. "Knowing that the money spent was going to such a good cause made the purchase even more worthwhile," said Puck. "We plan to share this truffle among many of our restaurants. I love to eat truffles simply shaved over some fresh pasta or eggs. Its the perfect dish!" (Business Wire photo) |
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