Assertion: truffle | /r/HasProperty | rare
Facets:
value: in part
type: DEGREE
value: anyway
type: DEGREE
value: like this precious stone
type: OTHER
value: in north america
type: LOCATION
value: relatively
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Truffles are relatively rare in North America, being found most often in temperate forests of the Pacific Northwest.
text: Today, they are a rare delicacy reserved for the rich, or used on very special occasions.
text: Italy and France may have brought fame and fortune to the truffle -- a rare mushroom and culinary delicacy -- but this precious fungus can actually be found all over the world if you know where to look.
text: Just like this precious stone, the truffle is a rare and beautiful delicacy.
text: Little chocolates are sometimes called truffles, but this is just a name given to fancy chocolates (as truffles are expensive and rare).
text: If truffles are so rare and so desirable, why rely on the wild?
text: The irregularly shaped knobby little spheres range in size from an inch or so across to over a pound (though truffles of that size are rare).
text: Sure, truffles are rare.
text: Truffles are rare.
text: But truffles tend to be rare and prohibitively pricey, while mushrooms range from the inexpensively mundane to the mildly luxurious.
text: It's helpful to know all this information about the actual cost of truffles, but why are truffles so rare, anyway?
text: Truffles are rare and expensive as it is.
text: Truffles are rare, and are notoriously difficult to detect even with the aid of detector animals.
text: Truffles are rare, in part, because they are nearly impossible to cultivate (recreating the necessary growing conditions is both difficult and costly and it can take years to yield truffles and decades to turn a profit).
text: Today, truffles are still a rare delicacy, reserved for the most special of occasions.
text: Today, they are a rare delicacy reserved for the rich, or used on very special occasions.