Topic “Eggs”

By Sharon K. Ghag (The Modesto Bee (MCT))

One look at the mess in the kitchen and that special-day meal the children made for you can lose its appeal.

We all remember the wonder of being old enough to cook for Mom and Dad.

As parents, we want to encourage the same excitement in our little darlings — only without the mess.

A make-ahead breakfast lets you manage the...

By Kathy Van Mullekom (Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) (MCT))

With Easter days away, it’s time to start dying those eggs!

Krups is there to help you with its special egg cooker. Priced at $29.99, the cooker can boil up to seven eggs and keep them warm with a special setting, if desired. The lid and egg holder are dishwasher safe, and the cooker comes with two poaching trays to fix poached eggs or...

By Daniel Neman (Toledo Blade/SHNS)

An egg is only an egg, but an omelet is a meal.

Omelets are eggs that have dressed up for an occasion -- the star, perhaps, of a special breakfast or brunch during the holiday season. They’re classier than scrambled eggs but not as effete as poached eggs with a hollandaise sauce. Fried eggs or sunny-side up are solid, workaday, no-...

By Rick Nelson (Star Tribune (Minneapolis)/MCT)

MINNEAPOLIS — We should all live a life as carefree as that of the Khaki Campbell ducks at the western Wisconsin farm of Khaiti and Andrew French.

The 200-plus birds soak up the sunshine and fresh air as they waddle through a series of fenced paddocks, roaming under shade trees and through mud-streaked patches of clover, moving in packs...

By Susan M. Selasky (Detroit Free Press/MCT)

Eggs are one of those ubiquitous foods. You almost always have some in the refrigerator. They’re inexpensive and easy to crack open and use to whip up something for dinner. And, although they used to have a bad rap because of the fat and cholesterol in the yolk, that’s no longer the case. Even Dr. Mehmet Oz has said, “They do not increase your...