You decide which spice mix to use:, fine, sweet, strong or your own, bearing in mind that the spices and certosino should remove melancholy thoughts, gladden your heart and bring joy.
A bejewelled and honey-basted fruit cake that makes a lovely Christmas centrepiece and celebrates the life of late writer Gillian Rileyby the food historian Gillian Riley is never far from and very often on my desk. It was on my desk and open, as was her bookthat we first began corresponding, about lard, in 2015. As well as possessing enormous knowledge and a great intellect, she was also generous, funny and curious, and it was in Russell’sin London that we first met for lunch.
Page 125 is the story of the German Benedictine abbess and polymath Hildegard of Bingen, and Gillian dedicates three pages to Hildegard and her intellectual understanding of plants and spices, and of their gastronomic and curative properties. She also includes Hildegard’s recipe for nutmeg, cinnamon, clove and breadcrumb biscuits that “calm bitterness of mind, quicken torpid feelings and bring clarity of mind”.
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