Thanks to the gradual build-up of heat, the air pocket also expands when you hard-boil the egg. Once the egg cools, the air ...

It’s hard to believe what people can find to argue about these days, but one big kerfuffle in the culinary world is about how to crack an egg. Some home cooks say hitting the shell on a flat surface, ...

Peeling hard-boiled eggs sounds easy until you’re standing at the sink picking off tiny shell bits and losing half the white in the process. Many of us had the same problem while preparing breakfast ...

We’ve all been there – trying to peel a boiled egg, but mangling it beyond all recognition as the hard shell stubbornly sticks to the egg white. Worse, the egg ends up covered in chewy bits of ...

The classic egg drop science experiment has gotten a big update, thanks to a new study. Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studied the best way to drop a chicken egg to prevent ...

When it comes to making tasty hard-boiled eggs, the debate over the best method is endless and often frustrating. Some cooks ...

We’ve all been there – trying to peel a boiled egg, but mangling it beyond all recognition as the hard shell stubbornly sticks to the egg white. Worse, the egg ends up covered in chewy bits of ...