hard-boiled eggs

Thanks to the recent explosive popularity of our Only Recipe For Pickled Eggs You Will Ever Need, I can't get my mind off them. It didn't help that a brunch cocktail a couple of weeks ago had a beautiful specimen perched right on top. I figured out a cool hack over the weekend by being lazy two ways. First by eating almost all the kimchi out of the jar and not buying another, and second by being totally unwilling to spend a weekend morning pickling eggs.

There are plenty of ways to add umami to a dish, but not all of them have to be Asian. While soy sauce, fish sauce, miso, uh...MSG, all those good things add a rich flavor to dishes, consider the good old-fashioned hard-boiled egg.  From hearty pasta to crisp salad and beyond, this is what you want adding protein and flavor tonight. Here are 8 ways to pull it off. 

Check out this classic What To Eat For Lunch, suggestions for egg salad sandwiches you can look forward to rather than dread, and then hate everyone else for having awesome cheesesteaks and burritos while you sit there all miserable. Grab a few slices of challah, pumpernickel or rosemary olive bread and try one of these schmancy new recipes.