Egg in a Box

Breakthrough: Seasoning Eggs!

egginabox — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:51:38 +0000

This week’s update is all centered around learnings gleaned from chef/advice-master Joshua of Grill-A-Chef (see down in the Recipe section for more information on him!). He brings us the amazing news that eggs can be seasoned… 3…2…1… through their shells! See his post, here: “salting through eggshell” Yay!

Breakthrough: Seasoning Eggs Through the Shell!

egginabox — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:51:11 +0000

Breakthrough: Seasoning Eggs Through the Shell!

egginabox — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:51:03 +0000

Re:cipes for Reusing Takeout Boxes

egginabox — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:46:55 +0000

What are your recipes for reusing takeout boxes? Do you ever bring them to restaurants and ask to use them for pick-up orders? Joshua, of Grill-A-Chef, who offers free advice to aspiring cooks at Chelsea Market, recommends doing so. He has been successful with restaurants who are willing to use his clean takeout containers again. What about bringing permanent tableware, rather than temporary? Have you tried this? What is your recipe for success? Let us know! We await your responses.

Happy Spring Equinox from Us!

egginabox — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:28:28 +0000

We wish you the most springy of all springs. Keep change coming and check out Leket/Table to Table, a very cool organization in our own backyard: http://tabletotable.org/.

-the Egg in a Box sisters

Lox in a Box

egginabox — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:59:14 +0000

I’m wondering if we’re overusing our “in a box” moniker, but I saw this neatly-placed bagel in a newspaper box in front of Zabar’s. It reminds me, too, of the FoodBox, recently profiled by Wasted Food here. Lox in a Box, indeed. . .

Featured Philosophical Question

egginabox — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:07:59 +0000

There is room in a box for two eggs. If one, why not two? If two, why not three? Where do you go with a problem as big as hunger? This time of year is a good time to reflect on the fact that the most important thing is to start somewhere. This pic is from the Dec. 25th giveaway!

Egg Rolls in a Box

egginabox — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:50:44 +0000

We went to Chinese food + Mel Brooks movies at 92Y Tribeca this year, and though we missed our usual festivities with loved ones who need to take a break just this year, we had a great time watching Blazing Saddles and Spaceballs. Most importantly, the Y was good enough to provide takeaway boxes, so we could create Egg Rolls in a Box. Our 3rd annual holiday giveaway! In other news, our sticker project is taking form. We are really excited about this project for 2010, and celebrate two years of Egg in a Box in January.

November News: Sticker Project

egginabox — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:24:45 +0000

Egg in a Box is working on a new prong (let’s go with the fork tableware metaphor!): Sticker Project. In an eggshell: we want to get restaurants to put a small sticker on their to-go rice boxes. This sticker will inform eaters to not waste the extra rice and will point to this website for information. We’ll going to start by speaking to three Chinese restaurants that operate close to W. 23rd Street in Manhattan. Ideas and questions? Please write us! Special thanks to writer Jonathan Bloom of Wasted Food, who is writing a forthcoming book about wasted food in America (look for it in bookstores in 2010!), for re-invigorating the discussion about this.

Harvesting: Cooked v. Raw

egginabox — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:54:43 +0000

This weekend, I harvested squash, carrots, beans, various lettuces, swiss chard, cukes (22 of them!), and broccoli from our new garden in Upstate NY. It was the first time I had done that in my life. I felt so healthy eating the food just minutes after picking it, and it felt so good to get down in the earth and harvest. Question of the day: how much of your leftovers = raw? How much cooked? Are leftovers usually thought of as cooked food?