Throwing out stale bread should be a last resort, as it's easy to restore both its softness and crispness by starting with a short stint in the microwave.
Egg salad is one of those basic dishes we all can fall back on, but if you make a few tweaks along the way, you can end up with something beyond basic.
Truffles are synonymous with luxury and fancy eating, but their flavor can be inexpensively replicated with another fungus -- you just need to know which.
Alton Brown, food scientist, gentleman, and scholar, has the best -- and weirdest -- technique for making mess-free meatballs with the easiest cleanup.