Best crouton recipe: butter vs. oil, oven vs. skillet vs. broiler, tested.
This recipe originally appeared on Food52. On the wall of a café in the historic district of Moscow, not far from the Elektrozavodskaya metro station, hangs the portrait of a young woman. She stares into the eyes of whoever passes her canvas, lips parted merrily to reveal just her upper incisors. Strands of hair whip across her forehead and nose as if she’s caught in a gust of wind. She is made from 40,000 croutons, and one day, she will crumble into nothing but dust. Advertisement “It was a pleasure to work with such a material as bread, because it has a very good energy. I felt bri...