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Happy National Egg Day!

The "Incredible Edible Egg" is not only nutrient-dense, but offers higher quality protein than any other food, making it a healthy option for just 70 calories. According to some, the chef's toque is said to "have a pleat for each of the many ways you can cook eggs," ranging from breakfast preparations (scrambled, poached, fried, baked), to meals (omelets, quiches, stratas, frittatas), to desserts (cakes, cheesecakes, custards, cookies, pastries, etc).

Check out this selection of egg recipes from the Slashfood Flickr account for summer-y inspiration, or recommend your favorite egg recipes in the comments!

• Tarragon, Chive and Caper Deviled Eggs (pictured above)
• Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Salmon and Chives
• Eggnog Pound Cake
• Savory Baked Eggs in a Basket
• Baked Eggs in Tomato-Parmesan Sauce
• Empanadas with Eggs, Caramelized Onions and Pancetta
• Southwestern Eggs Benedict with Chipotle Hollandaise
• Curried Egg Salad
• Heirloom Tomato and Spaghetti Strata

Become a member of the Slashfood Flickr pool to get a shot at having your photos featured on the site.

Say goodbye to overcooked yolks or disintegrating egg whites -- perfectly poached eggs are easy with these useful tips.

The breakfast sandwich market gets a little more crowded with Dunkin Donuts' newest creation: The Waffle Breakfast Sandwich. Yes. I know. Calm down. The sandwich consists of egg, cheese and bacon between two maple syrup-flavored waffles.

The composition evokes memories of Junior's Restaurant's brisket-on-latke sandwich, but the DD sandwich's taste overkill is more reminiscent of the famous Jimmy Dean sausage-in-a-pancake-on-a-stick. And, like the sausage-in-a-pancake-on-a-stick, the bacon-egg-cheese-maple-waffle sandwich possesses a dubious deliciousness.

The mix of artery-clogging morning cholesterol with the sweetness of maple syrup is almost too much to bear, yet somehow you cannot resist devouring the last sticky crumb. Devouring, wishing that the waffle was truly waffle-sized and not English muffin-sized. And hating yourself for wishing that. And swearing to go straight to the gym as soon as you are done. And craving another one.

For your lunchtime pleasure, I'm presenting a series of my favorite bento boxes. Bento are Japanese home-prepared meals served in special boxes, usually eaten for lunch at work or school. These days, bento enthusiasts from all over the world share their creations on Flickr.

Another highly artistic bento today, via Splutch. We've got a lovely redheaded girl (if this is some famous character I don't know about, please do tell) made of turkey, egg, fish cake and nori, along with a nori man, several tamago rollups, some turkey and cucumber rollups and a strawberry jelly.

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A breakfast sandwich is always a filling, satisfying way to begin the day--or, occasionally, end the night. One of the things I truly missed when I left New York City was the glory of the corner bodega breakfast sandwich. So, I'm always interested when one of the local West Coast, drive-thru, fast food franchise joints comes up with a new combo of bread, egg and cheese. The two most recent entries, Dunkin' Donuts' Egg White Turkey Sausage Flatbread Sandwich and Carl's Jr.'s Monster Breakfast Sandwich lie proudly at opposite ends of the spectrum. A clear-cut rivaly of health vs. indulgence, but what of taste?