I've never cooked with truffles before, and don't believe I've ever eaten one, come to think of it. I'd like to buy one at our local Wegmans and try a recipe. What's the best thing to do with one truffle? At $800 a pound, one is about all I can afford! Thanks for any input.

I'd like to find a recipe for a thin, crispy chocolate cookie that has a minimal amount of fat and sugar. Does such a thing exist? Thanks in advance for any input!

I'm about to try to make the no-knead dough for pizza, but I do not have a pizza stone. Can I use a regular baking sheet? Any other tips? I've had good success with the bread itself, but have never made pizza from it..... any suggestions would be appreciated.

I'm making several loaves of the famed NYT no-knead bread for Thanksgiving, and to give to relatives to take home when they leave on Saturday. If I'm baking tonight and tomorrow, should I freeze the loaves and give them out on Saturday? Or should I just store them on the counter until then?

I was in a hurry last night and stupidly neglected to read the entire recipe for a new brisket I was trying out.....and I made a crucial error. It's a 24-hour-cooking crockpot brisket, in which you cook the meat on low for 24 hours in a bit of strong, brewed coffee, then in the last hour, you add a combo of mustard, brown sugar, worstershire, etc. Like an idiot, I added all the sauce ingredients at the beginning, so when I checked the brisket this morning, after having cooked 12 hours, all the liquid had burned off and cooked away -- leaving me with a fully cooked, ever-so-slightly-charred-on-the-outside brisket surrounded by burnt, crusty former liquids. I tasted it, and it's OK, but now it'll need some kind of sauce, or SOMETHING, to salvage it. Any ideas would be immensely appreciated!

Try Ebay. I just did, and found about 17 items. Better act fast, though, because I'm tempted to buy one of those fake California rolls for my sushi-addicted 9-year-old!

I should have said "caramelized" onions, not just sauteed.

One really simple thing to do with cooked quinoa is to mix in some chopped onions that you've sauteed very slowly in butter/olive oil, with a touch of salt. So simple, and so good.

I have half a leftover chicken.

I had heard so many nice things about Costco's rotisserie chicken, so I bought one today and I have to agree -- it's excellent. Does anyone have any good recipes for leftover-chicken salad? We don't usually have any leftovers, but tonight my kids wouldn't eat much, so I have about a half chicken left.

Mushrooms!!!

Hands down, the portobello mushroom panini. Fabulous!

I agree with Carrie218. They should've comped you and your friend. That would've been the best way for the restaurant to ensure your continued patronage, in my opinion. I can't imagine you'll want to return to that place, given how they handled it.

That's an easy one for me. I ask someone who's obviously a local where they like to go, and why.

Palak paneer -- spinach with cheese cubes. Every time. Yum.

Make a batch of ratatouille -- you'll need onions, peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, garlic and just enough olive oil to saute them all, then simmer slowly. It's wonderful.

Last summer, at a restaurant in the Outer Banks of NC, a restaurant had this sign posted in its lobby: "We stop serving breakfast at 11:00. Sorry for the INCONTINENCE." I laughed so hard the European exchange students staffing the place thought I was ill.....