Discover new and exciting ways to incorporate fresh eggs into your cooking and baking.

"Fresh Eggs Daily blogger Steele lays down as many tips and recipes as her chickens do eggs in this innovative and plucky collection.... This will be hard to beat." - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

Lisa Steele, fifth-generation chicken keeper and founder of the popular blog Fresh Eggs Daily, knows a thing or two about eggs. And she's ready to show you just how easy and delicious it can be to make eggs a staple of every meal. First, Lisa will tell you everything you don't know about eggs--such as what the different labels on grocery store egg cartons mean--and bust some common egg myths.

From there, she provides you with 17 foundational techniques for cooking with eggs and preserving methods, including:



steaming,
grilling,
baking,
frying,
salt curing,
pickling,
and more.

 

And finally, Lisa shares 122 of her go-to recipes for everything from breakfast staples to breads, sandwiches, beverages, snacks, soups, salads, pasta, cakes, pies, and condiments. Recipes include these and many more:



Eggs Benedict
Classic French Trifold “Omelette”
Pannukakku (Finnish Oven Pancake)
Goat Cheese Frittata with Herbs
Maple Bacon Scotch Eggs
Egg Yolk Ravioli
Baked Eggs in Butternut Squash Rings
Bacon and Beet Hash
Hollandaise Sauce
Homemade Marshmallows
Boozy Spiced Eggnog

 

You'll encounter a wide variety of both sweet and savory dishes with Lisa's unique twists. Whether you have a large backyard flock, a small urban chicken coop, or just love finding delicious local eggs, as you read The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook you will discover new and exciting ways to incorporate fresh eggs into your cooking and baking repertoire each and every day.

Honorable Mention for Excellence in Aesthetic Achievement in the 2022 Readable Feast Awards celebrating the best of New England Food Writing and Cookbooks.