Bourbon Apple PanfortePanforte are back and baked exclusively at the Hermitage! This traditional dessert is a rich and chewy spice cake (the name means "strong bread" in Italian). It combines dried fruit and nuts, honey, sugar, oat and almond flours, and spices, all baked slowly to produce a moist, flavorful, delectable cake. It goes well with red wine, sweet wine, coffee, or tea, and makes a tasty snack at any time of day. We're baking five flavors year round: Brandied

in particular St Basil the Great

with illustrations

… We should always remember that Fr

and features original folk-art style drawings of the saints in their royal finery

He constantly inspired and encouraged those around him to love God above all else

and he personally replied to an average of thirty letters daily

In this third English edition

They are marked by a faithfulness to tradition

and at church services

The ascetic exploits and miracles of the holy Italian Fathers before papal heresy

“A Saint for Every Day

The author-illustrator is the wife of a Russian Orthodox priest