Eggs

I was very pleased to read Andrew Bender's article on cheap (but quality) eats in Tokyo ["Stretching Your Yen in Tokyo," Jan. 14]. I travel to Japan -- mostly Tokyo -- for pleasure twice a year. Like Bender, I often get asked if eating in Japan is expensive, as if eating at Nobu-style restaurants is the norm. It was great to see some of my favorite places listed, especially Kyushu Jangara ramen, where I took some friends from England who met me in Tokyo over New Year's. They didn't understand why I nearly forced them to go until they sipped the soup base and sighed.

"Eggbert: The Slightly Cracked Egg" Tom Ross This book is about an egg named Eggbert. All the other eggs want Eggbert to leave because he is slightly cracked. No one wants him. Read the book to find out how Eggbert finally finds a happy place. Reviewed by Lucas, 7 Dorris Place Elementary Los Angeles "Mr. Popper's Penguins" Richard and Florence Atwater Mr. Popper is a man who is always reading about the Arctic. He loves reading about penguins and sometimes reads about scientists, including Admiral Drake.

  Total time: About 3 hours over 2 days Servings: 6 to 8 Stuffing "pain perdu" 2 eggs 1/2 cup sour cream (crème fraîche or heavy cream can be substituted) 1/2 cup milk 1 1/2 teaspoons smooth Dijon mustard 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt 6 cups leftover stuffing (Pretty much any kind will work. If you do not have enough stuffing left over, dice bread in cubes to make up the volume.) 1. The day before serving the final dish, heat the oven to 350 degrees.

Peter Carl Fabergé, Google doodle recipient, lived a Humpty Dumpty kind of life -- specializing in the delicate and ending with a great fall.  The master goldsmith and jeweler who founded the House of Fabergé was beloved by Russian czars and turned out fantastical baubles and jewel-encrusted gewgaws for the aristocracy. Then came the  Russian Revolution, which destroyed his way of life and spurned what he loved best: objects of exquisite luxury. Fabergé was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1846.  The doodle is celebrating the 166th anniversary of his birth.

Two votes for Willie Brown Re "Patt Morrison Asks: Willie Brown, State's man," Column, Aug. 21 What a great interview. Never a lightweight, Willie Brown displays his real knowledge of political power and how to use it for the public benefit. His wisdom on what term limits have done, and perhaps how campaign finance should be so transparent and therefore easy, is just brilliant. How about a write-in candidacy for Brown? I'm pretty sure he knows the answers and how to fix California.

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced in Parliament today that she had scrambled eggs for lunch. Britain is in the midst of an egg poisoning scare and Thatcher wants to end it. "After reading carefully statements of the chief medical officer . . . I then decided to have scrambled eggs on toast for lunch--and I enjoyed it," she told the House of Commons.

In yet another leap forward in the treatment of infertility, two separate groups of researchers report that they have achieved births resulting from eggs that had been frozen before being thawed and injected with sperm. The long-awaited accomplishment will eventually have widespread repercussions not only for the treatment of infertility but on the continuing ethical debate over the uses and misuses of human eggs and sperm, experts said.

The T. Marzetti Co. is recalling some 12-ounce bottles of Girard's Honey Dijon Peppercorn salad dressing because the bottles may have incorrect labels that don't list eggs among the ingredients. Marzetti says people who have egg allergies run the risk of a serious reaction if they consume the product. Marzetti says the recalled dressing was distributed throughout the Western U.S., primarily California, Washington, Oregon and Arizona. The bottles have the "Best By" date code 06-11-09M.