st-joan: “…candied plums, figs, oranges, and apricots with fine gold leaf, and more gold was being...

st-joan:

“…candied plums, figs, oranges, and apricots with fine gold leaf, and more gold was being smoothed onto sweet biscuits of fried dough cut into witty shapes and drenched in spiced syrup and rosewater.”

— Philip Kazan, “Appetite.”  (via lesgardenias)