In ‘The Irish Bakery,’ author Cherie Denham writes, ‘As a child, I used to make lemon curd with duck eggs collected from a nest in an old tractor tyre.’ Now in Hampshire, England, where she lives, she ...

Every time I imagine buttered toast, it’s perfect. The bread is golden, never charred. It’s toasted enough to crunch when I bite into it, crispy-gone-soggy as the butter sinks in, but not so toasted ...