Chef Umberto Micucci now stands alone in a kitchen newly denuded of knives with Giuseppina Micucci and the largest truffle in the world. Not a word has passed between the estranged couple in eight months. Another dilemma for Chef Umberto—the truffle is a ticking clock, a potential for fortunes to seep away every second, and here he finds himself standing alone with the only human on earth he is afraid to hurry.
