Concetta

Thirty seconds of a wandering mind before the fire, and scent becomes poison. This scar on the back of my hand is the price of those thirty seconds.

• Pippo the Serving BoyEvery time I see your hand, Nonna, I hide mine behind my back without even meaning to.
  ConcettaIf it frightens you, then learn. If you do not, it will happen to your own hand instead.
• Bianca del MonteYou taught me those same thirty seconds.
  ConcettaYou are still only at fifteen seconds. Take off the glove and come back.

In this room, scent and poison share the same worktable. I have said to keep them apart for twenty-six years, and still no one listens.

• Serafina OrsiniIt is precisely because they are not kept apart that the recipe is worth so much.
  ConcettaDo your pricing outside the door.
• Padre GuglielmoI know only the scents that come out of this room. I have never asked for more than that.
  ConcettaIt is always the one who never asks who knows the most.