The peelings are the shaved outer layer of the whole truffle. They’re easy to find online; MarxFoods.com sells them. They may seem costly, but compare $85.00 or so for 8 ounces compared to more than $100 for one ounce of fresh black winter truffles.

1. Toss angel hair pasta with fine unsalted butter or truffle butter and the peelings—and use one of your nicest plates. A hearty red wine is a perfect companion.

2. You also can use the peelings in sauces, scrambled eggs and mashed potatoes or as garnishes.

Be careful—it could become a habit!

• Discover our favorite truffle butter, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week, from D’Artagnan.
• Learn all about truffles.

Can’t afford the real thing (who can!)? Look
for jars of truffle peelings. Photo by Kelly
Cline | IST.

What items did we add to THE NIBBLE’s
kitchen this year? Check ‘em out! No, not
these! Photo by Luca Baroncini | SXC.

These gifts aren’t necessarily glamorous, but they’re the most useful items we tested this year. In fact, 90% of the products we test are donated to good causes. We liked these on our “gift list” so much that we kept them as part of THE NIBBLE’s test kitchen.

• Take a look to see what we “gave ourselves” as gifts this year.

Later today, the sweet stocking stuffers will be posted. The great thing about these gifts is how inexpensive they are!

This week, we’ll be posting more gift lists:

– Books
– Chocolate & Candy
– Cookies & Cake
– Diet Gourmet
– General Gourmet
– Green/Organic Gifts
– Kids’ Gifts
– Kitchen Appliances
– Kitchenware
– Kosher Gifts
– Wine & Spirits

Stay tuned!

Give all of your potato chip-loving friends a
handsome reproduction box of the original
potato chips, invented in Saratoga, New York
in 1853. A fun and delicious gift for less than
$5! Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE.