Eggs

Found a cracked egg – is it permissible to eat or is it dangerous?

Found a cracked egg? You don’t always have to toss it, but follow this critical rule: Learn when it is dangerous and how to store it correctly.

Eggs
Cache of ancient ostrich eggs found at an archaeological site near Nitzana, March 29, 2026.

Collection of 7,000-year-old ostrich eggs discovered under sand dunes in southern Israel

Vegetable omelet with spinach

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Choosing free-range eggs is mainly a matter of animal welfare and environmental sustainability

Dr. Maya Rosman reveals once and for all: The healthiest way to eat eggs


Passover requires tons of eggs, so what's a Jew to do amid the avian flu?

This year, eggs are in short supply because of the spread of avian flu, which has required producers to slaughter 150 million birds in the last two years.

 An egg shortage due to avian flu could put a crimp on Passover in 2025.

How to cook the perfect boiled egg? Italian researchers introduce 'periodic cooking'

Researchers claim that 'periodic cooking' is the optimal solution for evenly boiling an egg's yolk and white, allowing for optimal cooking of the egg in all its parts.

 boiled egg? Italian researchers introduce 'periodic cooking'. Illustration.

Have scientists solved the chicken or egg problem?

Findings indicate the genetic blueprint for eggs existed long before animals appeared, shedding light on the chicken-or-egg mystery.

 Have scientists solved the chicken or egg problem?

How old is too old? 74-year-old Wisdom the albatross lays first egg in four years

Biologists are optimistic her egg will hatch, with a 70-80% chance of success.

 A gigantic albatross egg.

Israel boosts egg import quota amid war in North

The quota was determined based on the ministry's predictions of what Israel's egg production will be given the security situation and weather conditions, and taking holiday consumption into account.

Crates of eggs waiting to be unloaded and sold at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Shuk, February 1, 2023.

Food security in war: Gov't increases egg import quotas, food waste exacerbated

This increase is meant to ensure the continuity of the supply of eggs, given the impacts on agriculture of the ongoing war in Israel's north.

Crates of eggs waiting to be unloaded and sold at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Shuk, February 1, 2023.

Yo Egg's vegan sunny-side-up arrives at Dizengoff Center

The world's first plant-based sunny-side-up egg by Yo Egg is now at Dizengoff Center's Vegan Wednesday market.


Eggs Benedict: A benediction to the egg at the Waldorf Astoria

You won’t have to eat another meal for the rest of the day.

 THE WALDORF ASTORIA’S Belgian version of Eggs Benedict. (David Brinn)

Agriculture Ministry inspectors uncover 90,000 smuggled eggs in West Bank

The center included a stamping machine with false stamps of Israeli egg distributors and some 90,000 eggs which had been stored in the locality without proper cooling conditions.

 The Agriculture Ministry announced on April 21, 2024, it had found a pirate Logistics Distribution Center for eggs in the West Bank.

Fertilized eggs from Hepatitis B patient imported from unauthorized clinic in Georgia

The donor's genetic information was allegedly available to the clinic staff in Georgia and in Israel, but despite this, the eggs were sent to Israel and were given to a number of Israeli patients.

Illustrative image of Invitro therapy.