World peace. That's a lot to put onto a cookie, but that's what cook book author and baker Dorie Greenspan calls this famous chocolate biscuit, crediting Parisian patissière Pierre Hermé with its invention. It is world class, though, so I … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2016
Six Skyline Bar and Restaurant, Cambridge
If you live in or plan to visit Cambridge UK, you may be interested in reading my review of Six Skyline Bar and Restaurant, published in olive magazine. Its views from the sixth floor of the Varsity Hotel are some of the best in the city. … [Read more...]
White asparagus time
I lucked into some white asparagus at the Norwich market yesterday, flown in from Germany where it is highly favoured. The 'spargel' season there ('spargelzeit') is a national craze of sorts, with restaurants and cafés offering it multiple ways on a … [Read more...]
Cambridge in June: spring lamb and summer strawberries
[This article was one of a series of Crumbs on the Table monthly food columns published in Weekend (editor, Alice Ryan), the Saturday supplement of the Cambridge News.] … [Read more...]