shattery

His plain croissant, made with the best possible French butter, possesses a shattery, lacquery golden-brown exterior, with the inside a heavenly light whorl like the fingerprint of a small deity.

Welcome it into your arteries as you welcome shattery bits of crust into your lap!

This boiling step both flavors the potatoes and draws out a thick layer of chalky starch that hardens into a suit of shattery armor for each tiny tater.

To make wings with juicy, tender meat and lots of shattery skin, you need to play a longer game — a hands-off one that can tap Buffalo sauce, sure, but many other coatings, too.

But a small triangle of Just’s fried-chicken skin is fascinating—crisp and shattery like an Indian papadum, with the concentrated flavor of a chicken bouillon cube.