Dessert Recipes

I was standing in line at the hardware store—of all places—holding a new showerhead and trying to remember if I needed plumber’s tape, when the … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a secondhand bookstore in my old neighborhood—the kind of place with a crooked … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, watched me wrestling with a wobbly pumpkin pie crust one November afternoon from her kitchen window. She didn’t say anything at … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Thursday in late September, and I had a very specific, urgent need for something that tasted like a … Read more

My niece had refused to participate in my annual Halloween baking tradition for three years straight. “Too much frosting,” she’d say, or “I don’t like … Read more

The Halloween bake sale was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d been so busy carving pumpkins and hanging fake cobwebs that … Read more

The woman at the farmers market stall watched me eyeing her apples for way too long. She had this knowing smile, the kind that says … Read more

There used to be a little diner off Highway 9 called The Rusty Nail that made this ridiculous s’mores pie that I still dream about. … Read more

I was standing in line at the post office last July, sweating through my shirt and wondering why I hadn’t just ordered stamps online. The … Read more

My husband had sworn off chocolate chip cookies for years. Said they were too much trouble for what you got. Too many dishes, too much … Read more