When it comes to boiling eggs, home cooks often return to familiar rituals: start with cold water, time the boil, cool the ...

Boiling eggs sounds perfectly simple. But anyone who has actually attempted to do it, maybe for a marinated egg recipe to top ramen or to serve alongside avo toast, knows it can be frustrating.

A group of Italian scientists has cracked the secret of how to boil a perfect egg. The catch? It takes 32 minutes, two containers of water held at different temperatures, and a fastidious chef moving ...