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May Peels (2026)
no-knead dough, but i dream of ratatouille; radical DIYs; herby, hot, sour and green; slugs and books
 • Margaux Vialleron
Kitchen Aphorisms
words after Alda Merini’s diaries; a return to Gertrude Stein for a pat on the shoulder; kitchen cupboard ingredients after Marguerite Duras’ practice
 • Margaux Vialleron
April Peels (2026)
mending the sourdough starter and the garden; zine making, reading plenty; sour snacks, lasagne, yolky delights for a savoury kitchen
 • Margaux Vialleron
Playful Tragedies: writing life
on Annie Proulx’s knotty threads and Jean Cocteau’s magical realism; one for ambivalence, and why i don’t live by the sea
 • Margaux Vialleron
March Peels (2026)
a kitchen filled with poetry books; spring skies, birdwatching; little cooking but drafting; back from a writing fellowship
 • Margaux Vialleron
February Peels (2026)
moonscapes, mountains; pages, tagine recipes; sun-kissed and writing and writing
 • Margaux Vialleron
The Secret History of my Palate in Five Drams
Scotland, be my terroir, and one excellent veggie haggis ragù for my pappardelle; reflections on home after two years in Scotland; a play, of sorts
 • Margaux Vialleron
January Peels (2026)
soups soups, fever, soups and rage and beloved midnight pasta; some excellent books and a quick mousse au chocolat
 • Margaux Vialleron
(in theory) i had finished the recipe notebook
after Hamnet’s aliveness, on reframing and Simone de Beauvoir’s personal (responsible) freedom
 • Margaux Vialleron
December Peels (2025)
yet another sunrise but one for the moon; some books, some recipes, some walks
 • Margaux Vialleron
November Peels (2025)
leftovers; nostalgia comes in forty-eight-hour sprints; i love november skies the most
 • Margaux Vialleron
not in Paris: recalling the canon
on reading in 2025, some books; on language and why i love reading
 • Margaux Vialleron
The Onion Papers
The Onion Papers
storytelling in the kitchen. curious essays are dispatched every other Thursday; Peels, a writer's almanac, comes out on the first Monday of each month
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