Archive - The Apéritif

a tarte aux fraises for pink sky nights and heartache

There are moments — days, sometimes, but more often nights — that linger in the memory: the hazy pink hues of the skyline, the exact watercolour shades…

Jun 3 •

April 2025

strawberry season is here

I’m emerging — slowly, squinting, blinking — back into the light of day after a six-week work tunnel. It happens that way sometimes, gradually then all…

Apr 29 •

March 2025

vegan carrot cake cookies

I write this in the early evening, as the light begins to fade and a spring rainshower beats a steady drumbeat on the cobbles of the courtyard below.

Mar 25 •

iced lemon biscuits

buttery crumb, sharp flavour

Mar 11 •

February 2025

January 2025

I cannot bottle late December joy, but I can make marmalade

my first adventure in marmalade making

Jan 7 •

December 2024

cranberry & orange chocolate chip cookies

Dec 10, 2024 •

a quiet December

Dec 6, 2024 •

November 2024

abundance & excess

(Black) Friday thoughts & snacks

Nov 29, 2024 •

cranberry sauce

Nov 26, 2024 •

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