Egg In A Box

Texas and Summer News

egginabox — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:50:55 +0000

Hello readers,

Happy Summer to you! We’re happy to announce that there is officially interest in starting up a branch of Egg in a Box in Texas! That branch will tackle some of our PR and chef outreach duties. Meanwhile, at our homebase in New York, we are working on strengthening other branches of the organization. Although we haven’t written in a few months, you can be sure that we are still plugging away in New York! And we hope to hear from you soon, as always! Enjoy the soft summer sun and keep thinking inside the box!

New Year Renewal

egginabox — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:04:36 +0000

Hi folks, we’ve gotten our site functional again, with thanks to the genius of our WordPress, well, Genius-in-Residence. We’re looking forward to posting again as we head into 2011 with a strong sense of excitement: we just had the privilege of attending Jonathan Bloom’s two NYC readings for American Wasteland (in which EIAB is featured!) and getting a Leonard Lopate Show shoutout. How is your 2011 going so far? Taking out or cooking more lately? As they say in other parts of the world on New Year’s Eve, Happy Sylvester!

The Egg In A Box Discussion Board

egg_admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:37:12 +0000

This is your place to write in with solutions to problems and problems that need solutions. Questions have tended to fall into the following categories: Egg cookery, rice preservation, condiment & sauce queries, and food drop off logistics. Here are two of the most pressing:

What should I do about rice that gets hard and dry and cold in my fridge? How long can it stay there before it gets stale?

We think rice can stay for about two weeks before it gets really stale. Simply microwave rice for a few minutes to get the chill out (take care to remove the metal handle before you microwave).

Do you scoop out rice from a full, unused box, to make room for an egg?

Yes, this is necessary if you’re working with a full box, but you can usually compress the rice a bit, too.

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!

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.