I didn’t want anything cold.Not really. But it was too hot to turn on the stove, and the fridge had exactly what it had: leftover …

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I didn’t want anything cold.Not really. But it was too hot to turn on the stove, and the fridge had exactly what it had: leftover …

It was one of those wet-cold afternoons.Not snow. Not rain. Just… the air felt soggy. Like the house had been crying a little while I …

It started with the bacon. Not a craving—just the sound. That slow sizzle that feels like something’s finally happening. The kitchen was too quiet, the …

It started with burnt toast. That kind of morning. Not catastrophic, just… bad-angled. The coffee didn’t help. The floor was cold. I scraped the toast …

The oven was already warm.I wasn’t planning to bake. I’d just finished heating leftover soup (the pea one Mae hates), and the kitchen smelled like …

The sun was doing that thing where it pours through the kitchen window like it forgives you. I hadn’t baked in weeks. Not really. Not …

I wasn’t planning to cook.The fridge light felt too bright, the air too clean. April rain had that sideways slap, and the radiator was ticking …

The first thing I smelled was orange. Not the fruit, not the juice—just the ghost of zest hitting oil in a cold kitchen. I wasn’t …

It started with the butter. The way it smelled when I melted it—low and slow, almost too long. That warm-sweet-fat thing that settles in the …

The lemon didn’t even hit the counter yet. I smelled it and — that was it.It was her again. Mae. Nine years old. Flour on …