The hot-water method has its devotees, too -- eggs dropped straight into boiling water for more predictable timing. But this approach falls apart when cooking for a crowd. Adding too many cold eggs at ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...