"Of course. Not today, I think. This took most of the day. And not these--if we had premade maybe but this is complicated."

Lifting up a piece, she peels back the flaky layers.

"Every layer you have to roll by hand if you don't buy it from a store. So something simpler. Cookies? A cake?" She pops the pastry in her mouth, her foot bouncing beneath the table as she considers the possibilities.