Avian Flu Drives Up Egg Prices
Kansas City, Mo. — Three weeks ago, if you ordered a three-egg omelet from Roxanne’s Cafe in the Kansas City suburb of Parkville, you would probably get a five-egg omelet instead. Cooks weren’t too concerned about how many eggs they scooped into the frying pan, and owner Roxanne Gray gladly allowed it. Today, Roxanne’s is more stringent. A three-egg omelet means three eggs. No more, no less. “I have one cook that I can’t control his...
