Inner Nature: Eggs and Seeds
By Vidya Rajan, Columnist, The Times
I was working in my garden, doing the regular maintenance tasks of weeding and planning my fall plantings. I was planning on gathering seeds from some of my favorite flowers to replant. As I worked, I’d disturb a rock or something (a military joke) and find a germinating weed seed, or a cluster of ants eggs. They were everywhere. Seeds and eggs. Then it struck...
On Your Table: More colorful uses for eggs on Easter
Leave the colored variety to the kids, enjoy these tasty options for Easter Brunch
By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent, The Times
Eggs are for Easter – or, at any rate, for celebrating spring, and brunch is a favorite way to enjoy them in family gatherings for the spring holiday. Nutritional powerhouses and versatile beyond compare, eggs can transform everyday dishes, and since this...
On Your Table: Having Eggs for Easter? Try Farm-Fresh Eggs
Happy, well-fed hens make for tastier, more nutritious eggs
By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent, The Times
The hundreds of varieties of laying hens produce eggs of all colors and sizes — far beyond the white varieties most common in local supermarkets. Here are a few.
Eggs are synonymous with Easter, with 522 million projected to be consumed during the Lenten and Eastertide period in the...