My roommate had insisted for years that fruit galettes were just “fancy pies pretending to be rustic.” For almost two autumns, I half-agreed and half-ignored … Read more

Last October, while fumbling with a crowded grocery list at the local market, my neighbor, Mrs. Jensen, watched me struggle to decide between canned pumpkin … Read more

The office holiday party was in less than two hours and I’d totally blanked on bringing a dessert. Everyone else was showing up with multi-layer … Read more

Introduction “The power went out halfway through making these brown butter snickerdoodles,” I remember thinking as the kitchen plunged into silence and darkness. It was … Read more

Introduction Last Saturday, I was standing in the grocery store aisle, the scent of cinnamon and apples mixing with the faint hint of caramel from … Read more

There used to be a tiny, tucked-away café called The Amber Leaf in my college town that made the most unforgettable banana bread. When it … Read more