1.   Although it is not traditional, brown butter makes a full-flavored stand-in for regular butter in tart crusts, cookie dough, even Rice Krispies treats.

2.   A little butter makes a difference in recipes, she says, stirring a tablespoon into a sauce for chicken.

3.   Less butter made the cookies hold together better.

4.   The butter made its debut at the Union Square Greenmarket in Manhattan and is gradually appearing in retail stores.

5.   The high-fat Straus butter made a sauce that was thicker, deeper in color and decidedly buttery.