‘The magical dishes she prepared filled the atmosphere around her with tantalising aromas: fragrant gum Arabic in rice pudding ...custards scented with orange blossom water.
Lian Badr, Stars of Jericho
All these blossoms bring with them hints of the warm south – a shaded patio in Andalusia, a scented Provençal garden, a village square in Sicily – and such is the depth of perfume that in each case you can transform it into creams, sorbets, jellies and numerous other dishes.