Dessert Recipes

My sister-in-law, Jen, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a birthday present for my nephew, and the smell hit me … Read more

This recipe is designed for those evenings when you need something comforting but don’t want a whole kitchen full of cookies staring at you. It … Read more

There used to be a tiny, sun-faded bakery tucked between a laundromat and a hardware store on the corner of Elm and 4th that made … Read more

I was supposed to be making caramel popcorn. You know, the kind that takes forever, requires a candy thermometer you can never find, and leaves … Read more

I was up to my elbows in potting soil, repotting a spider plant that had seen better days, when my neighbor, a retired plumber named … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a drizzly Wednesday in late October, and I was staring into the fridge like it held the secrets to the … Read more

My neighbor, a woman named Clara who had lived in her little house since the 1960s, watched me one afternoon as I wrestled with a … Read more

My friend Emily asked why I couldn’t just assemble the whole French toast bake the night before and pop it in the oven the next … Read more

My neighbor Gina watched me wrestling with a bag of flour on her porch last October. I was trying to balance a pumpkin, a carton … Read more

There used to be this tiny bakery tucked in a strip mall off Highway 101 in San Rafael called The Gilded Tart. They made a … Read more