Anyone who has not already the good fortune should acquire an Italian aunt without delay.

Cousin, complacently: 'No one leaves an Italian household with less food than they'd arrived with.' I (who happened to have brought my aunt flowers) am of course too busy staggering out the door under five scrumptious boxes of still-warm leftovers to come up with a riposte.)

Also, frangipane tarts topped with cherries = TICK V.G.