There’s a chill in the air but my kitchen is filling with the warm scent of honey and spice: cinnamon, anise, mace, cloves and ginger. I am making German Lebkuchen, or Advent cookies, which smell as cosy as a winter market. Baking gingerbread feels like a sweet denial of the harsh world outside the kitchen, and more so than ever in this second pandemic year.
屋外的空氣中帶著一絲寒意,廚房裏卻瀰漫着溫暖的甜香氣味:肉桂、茴香、肉蔻皮、丁香還有生薑。我正在烘製德國薑餅(也叫聖誕小餅乾),它們聞起來就像冬季的市集那麼宜人。烘焙薑餅的感覺就如同是在溫和地抗拒廚房外那個嚴酷的世界,在疫情的第二個年頭,這種感覺比以往任何時候都更爲強烈。
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