Deviled Eggs

Eggs are my favorite food group. I like them in every form, in every fashion, and have always been enthralled by their shape-shifting ways. They can aerate, leaven, and act as a sauce all on their own. They can be the base of the lowest-calorie dishes or the main component of the richest soufflé.

Today, I have fifteen chickens in my backyard coop—affectionately known as the “chicken chalet”—that I built with one of my employees in the heat of summer (a story for another time). It’s