English muffin English muffin English muffins are a small, round, flat yeast-leavened bread which is commonly sliced horizontally, toasted, and buttered. Toasted English muffins, which are often used in the United States as a breakfast food, may be served with sweet toppings (e.g., jam, or honey) or savoury toppings (e.g., eggs, sausage rounds, bacon, or cheese). English muffins are also used as the bread in a variety of breakfast sandwiches, and are an essential ingredient in Eggs Benedict and most of its variations. In the United States and U.S.-influenced territories, they are called "English muffins" to distinguish them from U.S. muffins, which
Gennaro Contaldo Food Network's "Iron Chef America", in a battle against famed Italian-American chef Mario Batali. Contaldo also developed menus and trained chefs for Oliver's UK restaurant chain Jamie's Italian, in which he is a business partner. A little-known fact is that Contaldo was actually the inspiration for Jamie Oliver to name his first book 'The Naked Chef'. Oliver claims Contaldo used to come round to his house every Sunday and slowly lose clothes whilst he was making hollandaise sauce for their poached eggs. ""By the time the eggs hit the toast it was not only the eggs on my plate that