1 It was coffee with brandy, it was eggs Benedict, it was a hot shower and a walk in the park!

2 The recall isn't enough to scare off Charles Mettler, who ordered an eggs Benedict on Tuesday when he stopped by Drake Diner's in Des Moines, Iowa.

3 Show me one person who enjoys a subzero day in February, and I'll show you a person who says each spring, "Forget the eggs Benedict. I'm going sailing."

4 I guess on this perfect Sunday morning all the "captains" and their mates are home making eggs Benedict while praying for "just the right" wind.

5 He asked the Waldorf Astoria hotel staff to whip him up his own creation, now known as Eggs Benedict: half an English muffin, topped with bacon or ham, poached eggs, and rich Hollandaise sauce.

6 All their good advice, plus the urgings of the health-and-fitness movement, has, it seems, succeeded only in making us feel guiltier as we plow our way through the eggs Benedict.