ephemeral valentine’s cards

the winding story behind an edible valentine’s gift and the note it leaves behind as it gets eaten

i was preparing for a valentine’s dessert display last week and noticed how some desserts, when removed from the parchment paper, left behind traces - coffee ladyfingers being turned into a cake left heart-shaped imprints and piped meringues left a bow stamped in red. they felt to me like an ephemeral card referencing the sweet treat that would be eaten…