During the last three weekends of November in San Miniato - nearby Pisa - will run the White Truffle festival (Mostra Mercato Nazionale del Tartufo Bianco di San Miniato).
The truffle, though, does not just mean a unique taste: it also is a local business and culture. For thirty years the Mostra Mercato Nazionale del Tartufo Bianco di San Miniato (The National White Truffle of San Miniato Festival), transforms the city for the entire month of November into a huge open-air tasting workshop.
Here the truffle takes the throne where it is displayed in the historical Piazza del Duomo at the foot of the Rocca. Other squares also have their own markets where typical flavours of the San Miniato hills are offered together with specialities from other Italian culinary cities.