Martha notes that when hens lay eggs, there's a natural coating called the "bloom" that helps keep out bacteria. Since ...

Hard-boiling, soft-boiling or a trendy sous vide—no matter the approach, cooking a whole egg attains ideal texture for either the yolk or the white but rarely both. Now, however, scientists think they ...

Cooking hard-boiled eggs isn't difficult and doesn't require special equipment. The key is timing—knowing how long to hard boil eggs makes all the difference. Even an extra 30 seconds can result in ...

People eat eggs in so many ways that you sometimes forget they are more than just breakfast. Scrambled on toast, fried in a ...

With Easter fast approaching, you might have eggs on your mind. Maybe you'll stuff plastic ones with candy and hide them in your yard and/or turn some into a quiche, a frittata or a perfect scramble ...

There are countless ways to cook an egg. I like a fried egg over easy for a sandwich, poached if there's hollandaise sauce, and deviled if I'm at a party and in the mood to eat five whole eggs before ...

Eggs should be poached in barely simmering, salted water with a splash of vinegar added. Use the freshest eggs possible for tidy poached eggs; using older eggs can lead to stringy whites. To make ...

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