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Cambridge in July: cucumbers, currants and other summer fruits

July 10, 2016 laura Leave a Comment

Rejoice in sun and rain:  it's summer! The British summer has been living up to its rollercoaster reputation. Our barbecues are rusting more than rustling up dinner, and the plentiful rain has been troublesome for soft fruit growers.  But it’s not … [Read more...]

Articles, Cucumber, Edible flowers, Fish, Ingredients, Places, Posts, Producers, Recipes, Savory, Seasonal, Summer, Sweet beurre blanc, borage flowers, cucumber as a fruit, cucumber varieties, curcurbit family, grilled cucumber, Oakington Tomato Farm Cambridge, Partner gherkin, sorbet recipes, white currants, white peach

Blackcurrant streusel cake

July 7, 2016 laura Leave a Comment

Blackcurrants can do things no other fruit can.  They are being championed as the neglected superfood, and their sharpness and intensity make them useful for adding some serious pucker-power to baked goods and fruit compotes or fruit salads -- an … [Read more...]

Almonds, Blackcurrants, Ingredients, Places, Posts, Recipes, Seasonal, Summer, Sweet, Winter cake recipes, David Leibovitz, fruit desserts, morning coffee cakes, streusel topping, summer fruit compote, superfoods

Six Skyline Bar and Restaurant, Cambridge

June 23, 2016 laura Leave a Comment

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...]

Places, Reviews cocktails, Olive magazine, Restaurant review

White asparagus time

June 16, 2016 laura Leave a Comment

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...]

Asparagus, Eggs, Ingredients, Lobster, Places, Posts, Recipes, Savory, Seasonal, Spring, Summer English-grown white asparagus, how to prepare white asparagus, spargel, white asparagus cultivation, white asparagus recipes

Cambridge in June: spring lamb and summer strawberries

June 10, 2016 laura Leave a Comment

[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...]

Articles, Ingredients, Lamb, Mint, Places, Posts, Producers, Recipes, Savory, Seasonal, Spring, Strawberries, Summer, Sweet fruit desserts, Hill Farm PYO Peterborough Cambridgshire, hogget, Indian dishes, Maddhur Jaffrey, main courses, Rosegate Farm Butchery Swavesey Cambridgeshire

A Maytime tea celebration

May 12, 2016 laura 2 Comments

“Point me to the nearest garden, beach and tea shop”  May is the most liberated  of months.  It throws off all restraints to burst voluptuous into blossom and leaf.  It’s also the month of bank holidays, when we migrate towards green space and … [Read more...]

Articles, Crab, Ingredients, Lettuces and salad leaves, Lovage, Places, Posts, Producers, Recipes, Savory, Sweet afternoon tea recipes, afternoon tea sandwiches, Alice Waters, cake recipes, Cromer crab, Davies Fish Shop, finger sandwiches

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What you will find here

Crumbs on the Table  is a food blog with tested recipes, and stories about food.  I aim to share the best recipes I know, and something of their context: the places they come from, … More

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I share with you here some of the cookbooks, blogs, food memoirs, and other culinary writings I have found most delicious, intriguing, and helpful over the years.  This … More

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