Oh my. I have a weakness for custards ... and there are few things more exquisite than a really good orange in its season.... So I was intrigued by Claudia Roden's recipe for a baked custard -- a flan -- made with no milk or cream: just eggs, a … [Read more...]
New decade, new national food strategy
Listen to Laura's podcast of this food essay by clicking the arrow below: I love January. Despite its grey tendencies, I relish the fresh start, the hopeful certainty that last year’s inadequacies can be redressed by what comes … [Read more...]
A Christmas essay
Dear Kind Readers of Crumbs on the Table, Wherever you are in the world, and however you celebrate, I hope this season brings you peace and joys. I'm sharing a food essay I wrote to celebrate the food and atmosphere of Christmas. I've included … [Read more...]
South African malva pudding with coconut and rum
Malva pudding is a ubiquitous winter pudding in South Africa, filling the same kind of niche as sticky toffee pudding does here in England. It was offered to us almost everywhere we ate when we visited last May, from Grahamstown to Cape Town, and … [Read more...]
Bonfire Night: food cooked over fire
Listen to Laura's podcast of this food essay by clicking the arrow below: When I first came to England many years ago, I confess to finding Bonfire Night, with its typically drizzly fireworks and cold burgers on soggy fields -- not … [Read more...]
Tuscan-style grape and walnut harvest bread — and a batch of grape jelly
We inherited a grape vine that has produced a few small clusters of grapes most years, which have mostly stayed hard and green, not even attractive to the birds. Thanks to our extraordinary summer last year, we actually had a harvest of ripe, dark … [Read more...]
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