Dessert Recipes

My sister-in-law had avoided pumpkin everything for nearly fifteen years. She claimed the spice was cloying, the texture was mushy, and that any dessert labeled … Read more

The rain was hammering against the greenhouse windows, a relentless rhythm that usually made me want to hide under a blanket with a book. I … Read more

The office holiday bake sale was in forty minutes and I had absolutely nothing to show for it. The calendar on my phone had blinked … Read more

There used to be this little ice cream shop tucked behind a laundromat on Elm Street that made the most incredible salted caramel. It wasn’t … Read more

The oven was already off, but the smoke detector was still having a quiet meltdown from the previous batch of burnt cookies. I stood in … Read more

The woman at the farmers market watched me eyeing her peaches for a good five minutes before she said anything. I was trying to look … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at my local grocery store last Tuesday when a kid behind me ripped open a package of those … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be in anyone’s kitchen that Tuesday. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—mine had mysteriously vanished during a garage cleanup—and the … Read more

My neighbor Margaret watched me staring at her kitchen counter last October, completely mesmerized by the golden spiral sitting there. She didn’t say anything at … Read more

The holiday cookie swap was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those perfectly piped French macarons, those intricate gingerbread … Read more