crusty

And sometimes — the true jackpot — there’s a crusty half-loaf of sourdough, which instantly checks off one of my weekly anchor ingredients for just a few dollars.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

In that vein, every version of “Amadeus” casts a younger heartthrob as Mozart against whoever plays the crusty Salieri.

From Salon ● May 16, 2026

“Before the week is out, it’s going to get very, very crusty around here.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, the 3,000-acre Soda Lake, which lies dusty, crusty, dry and white in summer, still had some water in it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

It was twice as big and crusty as the one I’d seen with Abbey and Shelly.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

For a crustier roll, choose a lean dough.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2021

The result is something vaguely like a seasoned fry, but a bit crustier and cakier, with a taste of dried onion and black pepper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2019

Cruz, who is only two years older than O’Rourke but comes across as part of a previous crustier generation, is following the conventional campaign playbook: pumping big money into negative ads attacking his rival’s integrity.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2018

“Plays the game the right way” is to baseball attributes as pitchers’ wins are to statistics — quaint, irrelevant and increasingly obsolete, except among a certain subset of generally older and crustier baseball people.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2018

But he had never married, and, with no boys of his own to keep him young in heart, he had grown crankier and crustier as he grew older.

From The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out by Spencer Davenport

But what makes or breaks Uber is the same as the crustiest old taxi cartel: the drivers making the trips.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

Its sharp points bite into everything from the crustiest bread to the squishiest tomato, producing crisp, clean slices.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2020

It should be clear now too, to even the crustiest of old dinosaurs, that it’s not about lecturing women to toughen up, and learn to brush off wandering paws more lightly.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 31, 2017

That one and two others, “Broadcast News,” a triangle set in the news business, and “As Good as It Gets,” in which Jack Nicholson played the crustiest of curmudgeons, were best picture nominees.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2010

At Christmas sometimes the children sing carols, not with much success so far as melody goes, but otherwise successfully enough; for recollections of the past soften the hearts of the crustiest.

From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies