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.
屋外的空气中带着一丝寒意，厨房里却弥漫着温暖的甜香气味：肉桂、茴香、肉蔻皮、丁香还有生姜。我正在烘制德国姜饼（也叫圣诞小饼干），它们闻起来就像冬季的市集那么宜人。烘焙姜饼的感觉就如同是在温和地抗拒厨房外那个严酷的世界，在疫情的第二个年头，这种感觉比以往任何时候都更为强烈。
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