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Why do people love going out for breakfast so much? It seems like a scam: Eggs are one of the only things that the non-cooks among us can actually cook without much trouble, and most of the breakfast ingredients are on the cheaper end of food costs for restaurants. For me, it’s the luxury of starting a day (early riser diner, midafternoon leisurely bruncher, I don’t care) with someone else bringing me a little bit of sunshine in the form of eggs and coffee. My friend Ann told me her theory is that sleeping is usually our biggest fasting time, so when you go into a plac

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