Monday Morning Comfort

Later in the season, the morning treat is likely to be a slice of the the old family recipe fruitcake, brimming with currants, raisins, citron, almonds and apricots and tenderly aged in good dark rum or brandy. 

With grey skies beyond the window this morning and snow in the offing, there are lovely gluten free Florentines to go with our dark roast coffee.

Lovingly robed in chocolate, the almost indecently sumptuous cookies melt on the tongue like snowflakes, and their Old World richness lingers like a blessing or a poem.  One can almost forget about the snow.