Dessert Recipes

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had that familiar, almost-itchy feeling. You know the one — where you need … Read more

The woman at the next table watched me wrestling with a piping bag at the community bake sale last October. I was losing badly—the frosting … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a dusty antiques shop on Main Street in my old neighborhood. They made … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the hardware store last October—waiting to buy a new rake because I’d snapped the old one in … Read more

The neighborhood Oktoberfest potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing slow-braised pork shoulders, homemade pretzels with beer cheese, … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from the woman at the garden nursery, but there I was, elbow-deep in a bin of heirloom tomato seedlings, listening … Read more

My neighbor Rebecca asked me last week why I couldn’t just braid the challah dough in a circle instead of wrestling it into a loaf … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a Tuesday in early September, and I had a sudden, desperate need to bake something that smelled like the New … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten I signed up to bring the waffles. Not just any waffles, mind you—I’d … Read more

This was supposed to be banana bread. Plain, simple, nothing-fancy banana bread on a Thursday afternoon when I had exactly twenty minutes between meetings. I … Read more