I usuallystartwitha summaryofthe
virtuesoftheingredientI’mcookingwith:
somehistory,practicalinformation,maybe
a personalexperience.Buthowdoyou
wrapupanegg?It’smorethanjustan
ingredient...It’sa marvel.Youneeda book
tosumuptheegg’sculinaryimportance
andrelevancetolifebeyondthekitchen.
GiventhatEasterisn’tfaraway,I make
noapologiesfordovetailingthisegg-
centricintroductionalongsideour
favouritepaganceremony– youknow,
the one where an enormous rabbit hops
fromgardentogardenlayingchocolate
eggs.TherearemillionsofEastereggs
outthere,wrappedinthousandsof tons
ofsingle-useplasticpackaging.
However,thesearen’ttheonlyeggs.
TheseasonalrecipesI’vedevisedhereall
relyontheunassumingbutever-present
hen’segg:theoriginal‘goodegg’,theegg
thatcomeswithit’sownpackaging,the
eggthatrepresentsspring,fertility,new
growth and the cycle of life. GILL MELLERTu r n t h e p a g e f o r G i l l ’s r e c i p e s→
what’s good now.
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