An egg dish to die for

This is shakshuka, a dish of spicy tomato sauce with eggs cooked in it. The white part is the eggs; the green dabs are pureed chilies. Wow! I had it for breakfast this morning at Sofra Bakery and Cafe in Cambridge.

As it happens, I was editing a story yesterday from a writer who had eaten shakshuka in Israel. So I was delighted to dine on it today. Sofra presents it in a shallow copper dish with a tender, salt-topped roll.

Here's what my dining companion ate.

It's a small ham, egg, and cheese sandwich on that same delightful roll. Except she had them hold the ham and hold the cheese. Still, what was left -- fried eggs on that exceptional roll -- was pretty terrific.