Okay, first off, I skipped the beginning. I was in it for the egg recipes. Due to a whole big deal you don't care about, I am eating eggs after not eating eggs for years and I don't know anything about them. Now I know a LOT. And I'm so hungry. And I don't even eat a lot of this stuff.

This book is INCREDIBLY comprehensive. It's probably one of the most thoughtful cookbooks I've ever seen. It's helpful without being condescending or repetitive, there's no constant flipping back and forth to something from the beginning that suddenly comes into play–it's handily there in a quick reminder. And the photos! So many, and so pretty. The recipe sections don't wear out their welcome and everything sounds delicious.

Also, nothing seems too difficult, and the author is very clear: she uses nice stuff but since you can take a few ingredients and make something delicious, there's never a sense that she's telling you that you NEED Brand X Black Salt From This One Particular Region Of This One Small Country Who Can't Afford Their Own Salt Anymore. Her lists are HER things, not "Here is a giant list of products you NEED to EXIST." There's also an explanation on how to take care of your cast-iron skillet! Honestly, while it's not written for the cool kids, that is a nice change and I kind of want to get this for everyone now? It's just a nice cookbook. It explains how eggs work, fresh and supermarket. You can make some good meals from it. It never sells at you or talks down to you. It has pretty pictures. The author seems like a nice lady.

So really, exceeded expectations by a LOT.

Almost everyone keeps eggs in the refrigerator at all times; they come in handy for baking, as well as hundreds of dishes. Lisa Steele, a popular blogger is an expert on egg dishes, and her cookbook, The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook: Over 100 Fabulous Recipes to Use Eggs in Unexpected Ways includes dozens of ideas to use them. Since eggs are fairly cheap and especially versatile, something can always be made quickly as long as they are on hand.

This book teaches us everything we ever wanted to know about eggs (an even stuff we didn’t want to know), from raising the chickens all the way through to gathering the eggs and cooking with them. It covers basic techniques such as cracking eggs, separating eggs, storing eggs, as well as basic cooking techniques such as hard and soft boiled, fried, poached, etc. It includes plenty of excellent breakfast and brunch dishes as well as omelets, casseroles, eggy dishes like French toast, quiches, soufflés, frittatas, and sandwiches. Eggy breads like popovers contain lots of eggs, and so do muffins and pancakes, so they are included in this book. Steele doesn’t include plain old boring egg dishes; instead she adds innovative toppings and fillings to make the dishes very tempting. There are soups, salads, appetizers, pasta (homemade pasta includes lots of eggs), and even the English classic Toad in the Hole. Desserts include eggy cakes, cheesecakes, pies, cookies, pastries, puddings, and cobblers.

There are plenty of beautiful photographs throughout, from chickens to types of eggs, to many of the finished dishes. It’s hard to look at this cookbook without whipping up something in your kitchen.

You can’t go wrong with this excellent cookbook. It has become a new favorite and there are enough appealing recipes it will be used almost daily. Highly recommended.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

"The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook" is the most user friendly, down to earth cookbook I've seen in a very long while. Author Lisa Steele takes her approach to cooking by the apron strings and guides you through not only her kitchen but through her foolproof process as well. By jumping around a bit, you can see what you'll need to pull off most of the recepies by peeking in the back of the book for her "most frequently used" utensils and ingredients, and you can even attack your recipe head on by first determining whether you even have enough eggs to start with by glancing at her egg-index.

I loved starting at the beginning of it all with a how-to of some of the more basic cooking skills, which acted as a refresher for me. It's a terror untold to be standing infront of a pan at 6 A.M. and not remembering how to make a simple scrambled egg, Steele has all that covered, so never you fear! All you'll have to do is decide for yourself, which came first? This was a grade "A" egg!

*I was given an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Very pretty book with interesting recipes, I especially liked the first part about the basics, identifying fresh eggs, etc. Recipes are yummy although a lot are already known and can be found in many other cookbooks, so probably this book is suitable especially for people who really love eggs. The design is pretty though and I believe it would make a nice present for egg lovers.

Review of Lisa Steele the Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook
Like a good friend, Lisa Steele invites you to experience being on the farm with her and reveals lots of little secrets, like how to tell if fresh eggs are fresh, unraveling the meaning of egg carton codes, and do egg shell colors really make a difference.

Visiting her kitchen, she shares basic cooking techniques, and how to bake some easy-to-make cakes, cupcakes, and cookies. Along the way, she lets you have fun with popovers that actually pop, and souffles that rise. You will discover lots of great basic recipes interspersed with unique and creative ways to use eggs.

The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook is filled with recipes for breakfast, brunch, sipping, nibbling, dining, and of course desserts. I especially loved her creative ideas making deviled eggs with turmeric, lemon basil bars, broccoli cheddar tart, baked eggs in butternut squash rings, and a rum plum Breton.
How wonderful it is to feel her passion for the chickens, fresh country eggs, and the fabulous dishes that can be prepared! Such fun!

I really enjoyed reading about Lisa’s journey from growing up on a farm, going to college and working in the financial world on Wall Street for several years, only to decide it wasn’t for her. Ultimately, she and her husband moved to Maine, where she ended up raising chickens, once again. Lisa has become well known for her expertise in raising chickens and using their fresh eggs. She has appeared on television and writes articles and a popular blog. Fresh Eggs Daily, her first book, tells how to raise happy and healthy chickens.

Lisa's second book, The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook, is no ordinary cookbook! There so many practical and helpful suggestions, such as ways to tell if eggs are fresh, how their size matters in recipes and egg-cooking techniques. Did you know you can freeze eggs? Lisa Steele tells us how! The clear, easy to follow instructions and great pictures are an excellent incentive to get creative and make these delicious recipes. I have already earmarked a few to try. The Fresh Eggs Cookbook is sure to become a classic and a handy reference for any cook to have in their kitchen!

I already eat eggs on an (almost) daily basis - they are such a great source of protein and nutrients and tend to be very affordable! However I often fall into a recipe rut and can become quite bored if I eat them prepared the same way. This lovely cookbook has given me so many great new ideas. I'm thrilled that the recipes seem easy and that all ingredients are readily available. There are also lots of tips, tricks and info on technique. I am particularly excited to try the Salt-Cured Eggs, Cardamom Streusel Blueberry Muffins, Lemony Egg Salad Sandwich, Egg Lemon Soup, Holiday Cranberry Pound Loaf, and Maple Walnut Cake!

Thank you for a digital ARC, Harper Horizon and NetGalley!

What a great book for everything eggs! Beautiful photos, you can almost taste the food by looking at them. Besides recipes, there are great tips if you have an abundance of eggs.

I liked the theme of this cookbook, that being said, even though every recipe contained eggs, the eggs really the main character in most of the recipes. The section on breakfast that contained a variety of scrambled eggs, fried eggs, and omelet offerings, and this was the primary place where eggs took center stage. Still, I found myself wanting to try some of the recipes in this book and I look forward to experimenting with a few of them in the future, specifically in the cake and dessert section.

Well written cookbook covering all the basics. The majority of recipes are ones that I already have and have made before.

Thank you Harper Horizon for the ARC to read and review.

I really enjoyed browsing through this cookbook. Everything you want to know about eggs iand the chickens that lay them is covered in the first section. And I loved that she started with recipes for simply cooking fried eggs. Those are my favorite.

I was impressed by the number of dishes that without eggs would not exist. Such a simple food that makes so many tasty foods from savory meals to decadent desserts.

I loved the photography and wished that every recipe had its own photo. My only negative feedback.

Delicious recipes and many of them were simple. This book made me have a whole new appreciate for eggs.

Cute Chickens and delicious recipes for breakfast,lunch,dinner and delectable deserts! Loved everything about this cookbook and yes my eggs are being cooked better because of it!

I am not even a fan of eggs, but I think this is a great book for various way to prep eggs. I know that they are good for me and healthy, but eggs and I are not friends.

That said, I found myself wanting to try some of the recipes in this book and I look forward to trying them in the future.

Probably more beneficial to those who have poultry or a ready supply of eggs. Certainly the early part of the book didn't really help this supermarket purchaser of eggs (apart from making me feel bad for not having a constant supply of fresh, bright-yellow-yolked eggs).
As for the recipes, I found some of them quite repetitive after a while with many things being a variant of something else or very basic or barely egg related. But there are plenty there and I'm sure you find something you've not made before. I don't know how many are unexpected as the tagline claims. I do many of these things as standard (using up cheese in scrambled egg or avocado and egg on toast).
Like I say great if you have a constant supply of eggs in the house that need using up and you need an idea of what to do with them.

What a very informative eggy book this is, love the bio of the author at the start and the information about our not so humble egg was really interesting.
We have always had poultry from ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls over the years, but our constant has always been the "chook" as we call them in Australia. I don't think I have ever bought eggs in my life and always free range and organic.
As well as the great introduction, the book covers Cooking Techniques, Breakfast Dishes, Preserving, Brunch, Nibbles, Dinner, Sweets and condiments
This is a big book with a great deal of recipes, beautifully presented and photographed, a lot only require a few ingredients apart from the egg, whilst others are a little more involved. A fabulous book that I will dip into time and time again

What a happy discovery! From the stunning and charming photography to the fantastic egg information to the luscious and recipes, both traditional and new, this book is absolute brilliance for an oft underappreciated humble food and ingredient. Former Wall Street accountant Lisa Steele is the genius behind the blog Fresh Eggs Daily and an egg expert. She is a fifth generation egg girl who is passionate about living on a Maine farm, raising chickens and writing about them. Thankfully for us, she also bakes. I was raised on a farm with loads of chickens and really appreciate their quirky personalities and food producing abilities. And baking is one of my favourite things to do.

The first section describes a bit of the author's background and details such as choosing eggs, eggshell colour, how to distinguish between old and fresh eggs and explains terms such as "all natural", "farm fresh" and "cage free". Not only that but she gives tips such as growing scallions and cleaning cast iron.

Now for the recipes...I have yet to try grilling whole eggs or salt curing egg yolks but am now persuaded. Amongst the recipes which I've made include Cream Fried Eggs (so simple yet sublime!), Maple Walnut Bourbon Sauce (scrumptious, even on gluten-free homemade French Toast) and Blueberry Eton Mess (I usually make raspberry so this was a lovely treat). Tomorrow's lunch plan is Lemon Caper Garlic Mayonnaise for tuna sandwiches. I plan to make Homemade Marshmallows (haven't in ages...they'd go so well in hot cocoa in our -40C weather).

My favourite way to enjoy eggs includes softly scrambled with wild asparagus and with shaved white truffle, an occasional treat. But I love them every which way and look forward to recipes including Double Dill Scrambled Eggs, Fried Eggs with Apricot Jam and Goat Cheese (using fig jam, my favourite), Devilled Eggs with Avocado Oil and Sage, Maple Bacon Scotch Eggs (one of my favourite things), Baked Egg in Butternut Squash Rings and Maple Walnut Cake (will use GF flour and above Maple Walnut Bourbon Sauce). Though I have celiac there is plenty here to make naturally gluten free (and in the case of baking, using gluten free flour).

Anyone who loves eggs, chickens and/or cooking/baking, this book is for you. The recipes are simple for beginning cooks but also contains unique ideas for those more experienced (very exciting). What a joy to learn new things! This is a book to experiment with and make notes in. Not just your average book.

My sincere thank you to Harper Horizon and NetGalley for the privilege of reading from...and eating from...this delectable and inspiring book!

THE FRESH EGGS DAILY COOKBOOK is so much more than recipes. The introductions, a tale about author, Lisa Steele and her love of chickens and eggs.

What follows the introduction is information about all things eggs . . . from weight and egg measurements, to cracking and separating, identifying fresh from old eggs, cooking techniques and so much more!

Here is just a sampling of the recipes you’ll find . . . Swedish Egg Coffee, Scramble-Egg Hand Pockets, Crispy Lemon-Fried Eggs, Eggs in a Nest, Fluffy Banana Pancakes, Blueberry Popovers, Eggs in Pots, Sunny-Side Up Sidecar, Maple Bacon Scotch Eggs, Lemon-Basil Bars, Homemade Pasta, Toasty Holiday Strata, and so much more.

I very much enjoyed this book. Easy to follow instructions with making the cooking/baking fun. And there are full page color photos to help you with the looks and presentation of your finished dish.

If you’re a fans of eggs, you’re going to want to check out THE FRESH EGGS DAILY COOKBOOK!

Thank you to Harper Horizon and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this title.

I liked the idea of this cookbook, but I only ended up saving 1 recipe to try. Even though every recipe contained eggs, the eggs weren't really the star of the show in most of them. Of course, there was a section on breakfast that contained a variety of scrambled eggs, fried eggs, and omelet offerings, but that was the primary place where eggs took center stage. The brunch section has a few egg sandwich recipes, but it's also full of muffins, bread, and pancakes that have eggs in the recipes. There is even a section for drinks containing eggs! Some of the dinner samplings such as egg drop soup and the salads used eggs in ways that I had anticipated. There are lots of cakes, pies, cookies, and other desserts, but again, the eggs didn't really shine in any of those recipes. A lot of the recipes also contained undercooked eggs which my rule-following, food-safety-oriented mind just isn't up for.

This was a pleasant surprise of a book. I've read a few cookbooks that like to focus on one major ingredient such as tomato or rice and each time I am surprised by the number of recipes they use that can showcase their star ingredient. this was an exceptionally well written cookbook where in every recipe the egg was the star. Of course we have the usual scrambled eggs and omelettes, but the author does have some unique pairings, such as goat cheese, to liven up these standard recipes. The best part for me during this section that some may find boring because its recipes they have heard before I actually enjoyed. I learned some new ways of cooking eggs that others may already know (Cream-Fried Eggs).
This cookbook doesn't just cover breakfast. It goes into dinner, cocktails, and desserts. The cocktail section was my favorite of the three. I am determined to try to make a Sunny-Sideup Sidecar, a delicious orange juice concentrate drink with foamy egg whites on top. But the section I think will be the star of this cookbook is the Sauce section. It has the most versatility for your eggs with the potential to use them everyday. From the simple Mayonnaise recipe to the more challenging Caesar dressing recipe they are recipes bound to be used often. the book also ends beautifully with a section deemed Egg Yolks Only and Egg Whites Only. I've hated having to throw out egg whites in the past when my recipe calls for only the yolks. It seemed like such a waste and I didn't know any other use for it than making a meringue. Luckily, these sections cover more recipes you can use that only use one part of the egg and the freezing instructions to preserve the egg parts for later. I've never thought about freezing my egg whites before, but I'm certain to do it now. This is a cookbook that deserves a space on your shelf.

I got this book as an eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.