“It was almost Christmas, and Renzo was preparing all the delicacies Florentines must eat at the festival: roast eels, goose, fancy cakes with marzipan frills, and a kind of minced pie they call Torta di Lasagna, stuffed with meats and raisins and nuts.” ItalianFlorenceDelicaciesChristmastideRenzo Cellini Book:An Appetite for Violets Source: An Appetite for Violets