• autumn pizza with brie, salami and pear on a black baking tray
    food,  pizza,  seasonal

    brie & pear autumn pizza

    It’s September. As summer slowly comes to an end and the days get shorter, autumn arrives. I just love those late summer and early autumn days. The light has a different quality to it. It somehow feels like the light gets warmer as the days gradually get colder. We get the first chill nights. A certain melancholy and darkness is creeping into things. To me, it’s like being able to breathe freely again after the summer months. Now, we didn’t have a particularly hot summer this year. It was rainy and cool. But even the hot days we had were exhausting. I tend to suffer a little in the heat…

  • baking,  cake

    layered autumn apple cake

    How is it October already? Is it just me or did September simply fly by? I have to admit, it’s been an exhausting month and I didn’t see October coming and that’s something I do regret. October is my favourite month of the year after all, with its beautiful, opulent, warm colours and the first crisp nights. I love the crunching of dry leaves under my feet, the squashes and pumpkins, the gruesome joys of Halloween and those first long nights spent at home with candles and blankets and a hot cup of tea. Yes, you could say I love October quite a bit. Looking outside, there’s no denying it:…