11.   Through the swing doors came the same chef, this time carrying dishes of mushrooms, tomatoes and fried eggs.

12.   A runny fried egg sandwich!

13.   At lunchtime, Miles and her roommates would return to their dorm room to eat, maybe a fried egg.

14.   At La Grotta, a restaurant outside this Tuscan hill town, a waiter has begun shaving slivers of fresh white truffle over a humble plate of fried eggs.

15.   Before work Monday, over toast and fried eggs, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a directive from the commodities exchange to the traders.

16.   A fried egg, they call it.

17.   A perfect half-avocado is served with a squeeze of lemon, an arepa, a grilled corn cake, a fried egg and a fried sweet plantain.

18.   A fried egg sandwich on toast is a wonderful late-night solo supper.

19.   Breakfast can be a fried egg over light with toast and bacon, or eel with dough balls and boiled cabbage.

20.   But a fried egg that stays white and yellow, now that is a work of art.