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Easter 2020

April 11, 2020 laura 1 Comment

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...]

Articles, Podcasts, Posts, Producers, Spring, Travel Easter, Podcasts

The fall and rise of the tomato

August 21, 2019 laura Leave a Comment

Listen to Laura's podcast of this food essay by clicking the arrow below:   Summer has certainly been elusive this year, but it’s still summer.  Its exuberant harvest is glutting our fields and markets despite the weather’s ups and … [Read more...]

Articles, Places, Podcasts, Posts, Producers, Seasonal, Summer, Tomatoes crop diversity, Food Essays, food politics, Podcasts

In search of the honest apricot

July 21, 2019 laura Leave a Comment

Listen to Laura's podcast of this food essay by clicking the arrow below:   I’ll go back to the beginning…. I remember sitting on the backsteps under a punitive August sun, basting a rock, pretending it was a roast. I was three. … [Read more...]

Apricots, Articles, Ingredients, Plums, Podcasts, Producers, Seasonal, Summer, Travel food politics, Fruit, podcast

Ciambelline al vino: red wine and aniseed biscuits

January 23, 2019 laura Leave a Comment

These are one of my most memorable culinary discoveries of last year, and one of the best cookies I’ve had in a lifetime (which is saying something -- just ask my thighs).  Crunchy, just-sweet, and deliciously fragrant, ciambelline al vino  ('little … [Read more...]

Aniseed, Fennel, Ingredients, olive oil, Places, Posts, Producers, Recipes, Red wine, Sweet, Travel biscuit recipes, cookie recipes, Italian recipes, truffles, Umbria

Umbrian baked rigatoni with sausage and peas

January 8, 2019 laura Leave a Comment

This luscious baked pasta dish was served to us as a primo piatto  ('first plate' or first course) on our summer holiday in Umbria.  Pasta al forno bianca con salsiccia e piselli  is rigatoni dressed with a parmesan-rich white-sauce flavoured with … [Read more...]

Cheese, Fennel, Ingredients, Milk, Parmesan, Peas, Places, Posts, Producers, Recipes, Sausage, Savory, Travel casseroles, Italian recipes, pasta recipes, Umbria

East Asian style chicken thighs with apricots

August 1, 2018 laura 2 Comments

The Cambridgeshire apricots are in, and they are beautiful, despite this very challenging season.  The trees are full of fruit (no frosts at blossom-time and a good spell in spring for the pollinators), but this summer's exceptional heat wave and … [Read more...]

Apricots, Chicken, Chilies, Ginger, Ingredients, Places, Posts, Producers, Recipes, Savory, Seasonal, sesame seeds, Summer, Tamari sauce, Thyme Bushel Box Farm Shop Willigham Cambridgeshire, Jam, Summer fruit recipes

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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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Tuscan-style grape and walnut harvest bread

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Citrus jelly with passionfruit

Sweet potato quesadillas

Rhubarb sponge crumble

Asparagus and pea ravioli

Coffee crème caramel 

Apricot pie

Garlic soufflé

Fish with grilled cucumber

Baked gooseberry caramel pudding

Chocolate rose cake

Sicilian vanilla gelato

Celery, stilton and sage tart

Fresh coconut cake and cream pie

Duck legs braised with beans and herbs

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Chez Panisse almond tart

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Chocolate pots de crème

Peach and prosciutto panzanella

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Roast potato, chicken and bacon salad

Norwegian waffles

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Bong's chicken with artichokes

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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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