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Yolk Lore

Inside the Egg Mayo Protection Association

The surprisingly competitive world of France's humblest bistro staple.

Madeleine Rothery July 18, 2022

How to Make Vietnamese Egg Coffee

And appreciate the country's beans and brews.

Alex Mayyasi January 24, 2022

Meet the Sweet Sea Monster of Portuguese Christmas

Lampreia de ovos comes loaded with sugar, eggs, and the long history of glorifying a most peculiar parasite.

Dania Rodrigues December 16, 2022

The Chinese City Famous for Eggs With Two Yolks

Gaoyou ducks are bred to produce tasty double-yolkers.

Anne Ewbank December 5, 2019

Yemas de San Leandro

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

Panueli, Solomon Islands

Egg Fields of Savo Island

Megapodes incubate their eggs using the heat of an active volcano on this Pacific isle.

How Easter Egg Trees Almost Became an American Tradition

Like the Christmas tree, they were probably a German import.

Anne Ewbank April 17, 2019

Denver, Colorado

Denver Omelet Plaque

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

Son-in-Law Eggs

In Thai lore, these fried hard-boiled eggs are a delicious warning for a misbehaving husband.

How Building Churches Out of Egg Whites Transformed Filipino Desserts

What else are you going to do with all those yolks?

Richard Collett February 22, 2019

Baba de Camelo

In Portugal, a bowl of “camel’s drool” is a sweet treat.

Muttamala and Kinnathappam

This two-ingredient Malabari dessert turns separated eggs into a striking delicacy.

Bakewell Pudding

A sweet and sticky accident from Derbyshire, England.

Lampreia de Ovos

With this egg-based Christmas dessert, Portuguese pastelarias celebrate a bloodsucking fish.

Rompope

Not even the 17th-century nuns behind this Mexican eggnog could resist drinking it.

Bebinca

Goa's signature baked pudding cake is multicultural and multilayered.

Scandinavian Egg Coffee

When faced with less-than-optimal ingredients, Swedes and Norwegians once clarified their brews with eggs.

Bánh Pía

This mooncake's flaky exterior gives way to a creamy, sometimes stinky, core.