"Serious Eats" news and stories

You've heard of egg-in-a-hole, also known as egg-in-a-basket (eggs fried in the center of grilled bread). Now there's the Eggsplosion, in both Grilled Cheese and Cheeseburger versions, courtesy of Serious Eats. It's a runny, meaty, eggy, cheesey protein mash-up that's exactly what we want for lunch.

Get the Cheeseburger Eggsplosion how-to and recipe at Serious Eats.

Did you know that Wendy's makes breakfast? On his way to work last week, Serious Eats writer John M. Edwards saw a sign that read "Breakfast" in New York's Penn Station. He took this opportunity to order their Classic Breakfast Sandwich, Egg and Cheese Biscuits, Biscuits and Gravy and the Grande Burrito. Find out how they rated here.

Also on Serious Eats:

• In-N-Out Secret Menu Survival Guide
• 10 of Our Favorite Pancakes in America
• How to Grow an Edible Garden
• Copycat French's Yellow Mustard

Forget Egg McMuffins. The Serious Eats team recently scoured the country looking for the Best Breakfast Sandwiches in America, and what they found blows away limp fast-food offerings.

The team hit both coasts and cities in between, eating from high-end restaurants and street carts, to find the most delicious sandwiches. And they came up with some mouthwatering finds: Country ham cradled between fluffy homemade biscuits. Scrambled eggs with house-made sausage and gruyere topped with a freshly baked bun. A chorizo-egg torta.


As Serious Eats put it, "These 19 are pretty flawless. They're the kind we'd set our alarm clocks early for."

Go to Serious Eats for the full list and mouth-watering photos.

It's hard to beat the Windy City when it comes to hot dogs, and Chicago proved its sausage supremacy again yesterday when Every Day with Rachael Ray magazine and SeriousEats.com named local favorite Gene & Jude's "Depression-style" dog the best in America. After narrowing the search down to 64 finalists, judges from both publications used a "March Madness"-style bracket to determine that Gene & Jude's dog -- topped with mustard, onion, relish, sport peppers and (here's the kicker) french fries -- deserved the crown.

Read more about the search for America's Best Hot Dog at Every Day with Rachael Ray.

If you've considered abandoning the roaster for a deep-fryer in order to put a turkey on your table, pay a visit to the fellows at the Serious Eats Food Lab. They take you through an illustrated deep-frying how-to, and skewer a few notions (such as the one that fried turkey meat is more moist) about dipping your bird in a big vat of oil. Join the experiment, thermodynamics and all.