Candied Seville Peel

And as if her company wasn't enough of a treat, Pim also brought me a gift from Sunny California. "It's from June Taylor", she said, "our local Christine Ferber".

In a pretty jar with square shoulders, strips of soft and chewy peel swimming in a velvety syrup. In a pretty jar that glows like an orange lightbulb, the false twins Sweetness and Bitterness, followed closely by their little sister, the tingly Zestiness.

Beautiful on my counter, delicious as a yogurt topping, even better solo in a guilty spoonful -- the guilt assuaged by the smugness of having such grownup tastes.