I've been on a quest for a really scrumptious chocolate sorbet for a while. When it's hot, it hits the chocolate spot like nothing else. More refreshing than a dairy ice cream, this sorbet is still seductively creamy, with a meltingly silky … [Read more...]
Celebrating with rye-flour chocolate brownies
Today is my sister Amy's birthday, and in two days' time it will be niece Caitlin's. A few days after that it's our Mom's special day. We were meant to be celebrating all these important dates together this year. Well, we still are -- just across … [Read more...]
Easter 2020
The solemn strangeness of this year, and for those of us who aren’t managing far worse, the preoccupation with running out, brings back memories for me of another Easter: one I spent in Denmark many years ago as a 17-year-old exchange … [Read more...]
Cooking in the time of COVID-19
Dear Kind Readers of Crumbs on the Table, We’re all in a time of transition to a new normal/abnormal. While some of us automatically look to the kitchen for comfort and a sense of routine, I know that many people find having to cook unwelcome or … [Read more...]
Olive oil and sweet wine cake (and an adopted olive tree)
This is an exquisite cake: feather light and springy as a pillow, fragrant with good citrus, extra virgin olive oil, and dessert wine. Developed at Chez Panisse in the 1980s where it was made with Sauternes, this cake is subtle, complex and … [Read more...]
Sicilian fast food: lemon spaghetti
This simple and utterly delicious pasta dish was a revelation when we tasted it at Annarella and Fabio's table outside Noto in Sicily. We were there to visit the organic farm where they grow lemons, oranges, almonds and olives, one blissfully sunny … [Read more...]
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