Dessert Recipes

I wasn’t trying to impress anyone. Honestly, I’d stopped by my sister-in-law’s house on a random Tuesday afternoon to drop off a casserole dish she’d … Read more

My roommate Sarah asked why I couldn’t just dump everything into one pan and bake it. I was mid-lecture about layering and technique—the proper way … Read more

My neighbor, a woman named Clara who keeps her kitchen curtains perpetually drawn, swore she hated pumpkin bread. “Too dense, too sweet, too… orange,” she’d … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a particularly drizzly Tuesday in October, and I had a jar of sourdough discard staring at me from the fridge … Read more

My neighbor, an older woman named Clara, watched me hauling groceries up the stairs one rainy October afternoon. I was balancing a pumpkin, a bag … Read more

The PTA bake sale was in 12 hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I had the email saved, I’d seen the reminder on my … Read more

I was standing in the dairy aisle of my local grocery store last Wednesday, utterly defeated by a three-tiered cart stacked with watermelon, baked beans, … Read more

There used to be a tiny French bakery tucked into a strip mall off Highway 9 that made the most incredible fig and thyme jam … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and a chocolate craving hit me so hard it felt personal. I didn’t have any butter for … Read more

Last Saturday morning, my neighbor watched me wrestle with a clunky stand mixer, her eyebrow raised but she didn’t say a word at first. Then, … Read more