Article: Morning glories: no, you're not dreaming; you do deserve a break today. Homemade granola with cherries? Baked eggs with fresh herbs? The nuttiest French toast you've ever tasted? Wake up, sleepyhead, and top of the morning.

LONG BEFORE MUFFINS GREW TO THE SIZE OF Whoppers and Oreos became a cereal, there was breakfast. And it was rarely good. Too unhealthy too caloric, too drab, and (often as a result of the aforementioned) entirely skip-pable. Yet in the abstract, at least, we adore breakfast--a real breakfast, a breakfeast, the mythic kind that often involves eggs. My theory about breakfast is that it's our favorite meal we never have.

How dumb. So here's a modest proposal. Instead of dreaming about nut-encrusted French toast with vanilla-maple syrup, and egg-and-bread strata with turkey sausage, Fontina cheese, and rosemary, why not try cooking them? For dinner. In this country, ...

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