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The blue, whose top three ingredients are organic pumpkin seeds, organic coconut oil, and lima beans, was very close; it got me at first with its sharp tang and characteristic crumbliness.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024

All of Goyoaga's recipes call for superfine flours, which hydrate better than the more commercially available stone-ground flours, thus preventing the gumminess and crumbliness often associated with gluten-free baking.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2022

Her fresh pasta is enviably delicate, her pastry crusts a sublime balance of firmness and crumbliness.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 18, 2019

Dryness and crumbliness induce thirst, and thirst, as every one knows, is one of the first things to eat up a man's wealth.

From A Little Question in Ladies' Rights by Fillmore, Parker