Article: Egg whites scale new heights in simple souffles

Before I could say "wait for the photographer," Elaine Sikorski hand-whisked a bowlful of egg whites into a cloud and was gently filling dishes with the mixture. It happened so fast I couldn't believe she was making a souffle. But then she did it again, and again.

Suddenly and wonderfully, souffles weren't intimidating or time consuming.

"Souffles are very, very simple once you have your ingredients in place," said Sikorski, who runs the lunch service, prepares the pastries and makes many of the souffles at Le Perroquet, 70 E. Walton.

Few restaurants, even in France, where Sikorski recently spent three years working, feature souffles.

"To have them on your menu, you need one oven ...

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