Peeling hard-boiled eggs can be a pain. Too often, you’re left with a surface speckled with tiny egg shell shards (and smelly fingers). While it’s never going to be a completely mess-free process, ...

Hard-boiled eggs are notoriously tough to peel. You know the drill: standing over the sink, picking off stubborn shards of shell until the egg looks like it survived a rockslide. But TikTok may have ...

Hard-boiled eggs seem like one of the simplest foods to make, yet they trip up more home cooks than you’d expect. Sometimes the yolks turn grayish-green, sometimes the shells cling for dear life, and ...

If you've got a dozen eggs, a pot of boiling water, and 30 minutes, you've got the beginnings of dinner or appetizers. All of these meals are possible because you're able to make one of the most ...

I cooked dozens of eggs to find the best method for firm whites, creamy yolks, and shells that slip right off. Steaming is the most reliable and consistent way to make perfect hard-boiled eggs — easy ...

• This is a best of Lean and Lovin' It column, first published April 27, 2022. Don Mauer is taking some time off. Six weeks ago, I thought that writing about peeling a hard-boiled egg was so mundane a ...

A hard-boiled egg is low-key the perfect snack: It contains a little bit of almost every nutrient you need, including vitamin A, folate, selenium, and choline (which most of us don't get enough of) ...

Steaming is the most reliable and consistent way to make perfect hard-boiled eggs — easy to peel, with creamy yolks and firm yet tender whites. Boiling, then simmering, is an excellent runner-up that ...