According to culinary lore, a traditional chef’s hat has 100 pleats to represent the number of ways there are to cook an egg. But are there really as many as 100 ways to cook an egg? No, there are probably a thousand ways to transform, adorn and cajole this most obliging ingredient. But here is a modest selection of 100 – just to get you started.
Breakfast
1 Get up, don’t reach for your phone, reach for an egg instead and start your day sunny side up. For a perfect breakfast sandwich, serve a fried egg between two slices of bread with a dollop of chilli jam and a sprinkle of chopped chives.
