The Good Egg: More than 200 Fresh Approaches from Breakfast to Dessert

Eggs are wonderful!I have owned this book for a couple years now. My only trouble with it is that it's now getting worn out! I've relied on it heavily to create some pretty amazing dishes. The book is getting dog-eared and has stains and such.Everything from the simple to the complicated, appetizers to desserts and more, are covered here with very clear and detailed instructions. This thick cookbook covers it all! It makes recipes and techniques I'd previously stayed away from seem very approachable and possible - not to mention delicious!Spring is now coming and my chickens are starting to increase their egg production and I find myself pulling this book out once again to create some of my family's favorites. If you want new egg ideas, own chickens or have access to an abundance of eggs, love eggs, or just can appreciate a very well-done cookbook, this one is perfect!Our very favorite recipe in the book at the moment is the Coconut Custard. The author recommends it warm or cold, but serve it cold! Trust me - serving it cold turns it from just a great dish, into something absolutely sublime.

I absolutely love this book! From the opening dedication poem, through the restive recipes for breakfasts, salads, soups, pastas, quiches, sauces and desserts, the book is a wealth of information. Marie Simmons weaves a little history of the egg, stories of the origins of the recipes, along with the basics of how to choose good eggs and how to store them. This book is a delight to read and an invitation to be creative.

For an ingredient as ubiquitous as eggs, it is amazing that more is not written about them. Well, eggs had a bad name. Now they are back. I've been cooking for over forty years and still learned something new. It is good as a reference and a recipe book.

I own more than 400 English and 300 Japanese language cookbooks and this is one of the best! Most times I glance through pictures and recipes, but not this one - I read this book from cover to cover. It's that good.The recipes are easy to follow and simply terrific. The instructions for making hard-cooked egg is so simple and fail-proof and learning this method alone made me wonder why this was never presented in all other books and magazines that I own.This book is highly recommended!

It give so many recipes that are easy to follow.

I have my own girls and pretty soon I will be getting a mountain of eggs. I have purchased a few books on the subject and this book was one of them. There are a lot of nice recipes in here for using up your eggs. The only reason I give this book 4 stars is because there aren't any pictures! :(

Excellent in every way.

Love the book. I learned so much and the fact that the pages with information were "egg yolk yellow". Cute

Excellent, essential cookbook, I use this book so often it hardly ever leaves the kitchen. Eggs are delicious, quick to prepare, and cheap - but they get a bit same-y if you (like me) are often too rushed to be imaginative. After serving one too many boring egg-on-toast suppers, I ordered this for some inspiration. My favorites so far have been the savoury custards, which are delicious and easy to adapt based on what's in the fridge or hiding in the corners of the veg box. Also a hit - Hugo's Pasta Mama, which Simmons describes as `a medley of softly scrambled eggs and fettuccine, fragrant with fresh herbs and garlic', delicious and super fast. There's also a dessert section, soufflés, meringues and custards along with a few more unusual treats. Highly recommended.