My daughter and son-in-law are moving off their farm and into a house in town. With that move comes a hard reality of small-scale farming, not everything can come with you. Their animals need a place to go, so I'm adopting some of their ducks and geese here at my farm. That means a lot more duck eggs coming through my kitchen. I've noticed that when people try duck eggs for the first time, especially scrambled or fried for breakfast, the initial reaction is usually "these are weird" or just...

The freezer has become my backup plan for egg season. Whenever the refrigerator starts looking more like an egg cooler than a refrigerator, I spend an hour making breakfasts I can stash away for later. A batch of these egg breakfast bites doesn't take much effort, and they're the kind of thing you appreciate on mornings when there's no time to cook but you still want something homemade. These egg breakfast bites are a simple make-ahead breakfast packed with protein and flavor. They’re perfect...

I counted thirty eggs in the basket yesterday morning, and that was before I'd even checked the nest boxes by the barn. This is the stretch of the year I plan for. The hens don't slow down, the fridge fills up, and I end up back at the same two dishes I always turn to when there are more eggs than plans for them: hard boiled and deviled. Neither one is fancy. That's the point. When you've got a dozen eggs staring at you from the counter, you don't want a recipe with fifteen ingredients. You...