“Why can’t we just skip the regular butter and use browned butter straight away?” my friend asked as we stood in my cramped kitchen, pumpkin … Read more
Introduction Last October, my neighbor watched me juggling a too-full grocery bag and a cranky toddler while trying to start a pumpkin bread from scratch. … Read more
Introduction Last Saturday afternoon, I was sorting through a jumble of recipe cards in the corner of my kitchen when the sweet, syrupy scent of … Read more
“The neighborhood block party was in less than two hours and I hadn’t even thought about dessert. Everyone else was rolling in with these fancy … Read more
“The summer I turned thirty, I wasn’t planning on making any dessert at all,” my neighbor Jen said as I stepped into her kitchen. Honestly, … Read more
Introduction There used to be this tiny bakery tucked away on a quiet street in Portland’s Pearl District that made the most unforgettable soft-batch zucchini … Read more
This was supposed to be just a quick batch of regular chocolate brownies, nothing fancy. I grabbed the wrong measuring cup, the oven was running … Read more
Introduction “You know that feeling when you’re just minding your own business, rummaging through a pile of old cookbooks at a dusty bookstore, and suddenly … Read more
“Why don’t you just brown the butter first?” my friend asked, raising an eyebrow as I rattled off my usual banana bread recipe steps. I … Read more
My roommate swore she wasn’t a fan of anything remotely spooky or themed for Halloween. For years, she refused to dip a toe into the … Read more
