"Brian Clancy" > writes:

> A good friend of mine gave me 2 two very large black truffles for
> Christmas. Now all I have to do is come up with a proper recipe to
> use them in. I consider myself a very advanced cook.

Ditto on both; well, we got a couple small jars of truffles, black and
white. I picked up this book,

Truffles: Ultimate Luxury, Everyday Pleasure

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

from one of Amazon's partners for well under list. It's quite good,
an intro section on the history, types, treatment, etc of truffles.
The rest of the book is recipes -- including many very interesting
ones which I'm anxious to try. Also some simple ones: omlets, mashed
potatoes -- with the simple addition of truffles. Good book.