I didn’t plan on making sauce.Not on a Monday. Not when the house was already too quiet.But I found the tarragon behind the mustard—the kind …

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I didn’t plan on making sauce.Not on a Monday. Not when the house was already too quiet.But I found the tarragon behind the mustard—the kind …

it was too quiet for a tuesday.the kind of quiet that hangs around the corners of rooms where things were said a little too sharply …

it started with the onion.not the usual crying. just… the sharpness of it.like I wasn’t ready for anything that precise. I’d made Martha Stewart’s guacamole …

I didn’t mean to make pesto.but the basil was wilting, and the fridge smelled like old cheese, and I needed something that didn’t involve turning …

The fridge was too full of noise—lemon halves, a plastic bag of parsley that smelled like rain, a jar of jam from 2002 i’ll never …

There’s always one dish that lingers longer than the others.Not because it’s the best. Not because it’s fancy.Just because it… stays. In the pan, in …

The oven was already hot.Not for any good reason—just leftover heat from Mae roasting sweet potatoes for a salad she forgot to finish.And I had …

The mayonnaise had a crust. I used it anyway. That’s the kind of day it was—fogged in, fridge humming too loud, the cat staring at …

I wasn’t going to bake.It was too warm for it. One of those spring days that pretends to be summer until the wind snaps back …

The towel was already damp. not from use—just air. thick, April kind of damp. the kind that clings to your jaw, not your skin. I …