Dessert Recipes

I was standing in the checkout line at my local grocery store last Tuesday when the woman in front of me turned around and said, … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked into a converted garage on a side street in Portland that made the most incredible apple cider … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, sorting through a pile of receipts in his cluttered office, listening to him … Read more

My daughter Clara announced at breakfast that she needed exactly seven cupcakes for her teddy bear tea party that afternoon. Not six. Not eight. Seven. … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a drizzly Wednesday in October, and I had a very specific craving for something pumpkin-spiced and cream-cheese-slathered. The problem? I … Read more

I was standing in the community garden last October, ankle-deep in mud, trying to wrestle a butternut squash from a vine that clearly had other … Read more

My brother claimed to hate pumpkin spice anything for about twenty-seven years. The whole thing was a performance, honestly—a bit of culinary theater he maintained … Read more

I ruined banana bread for an entire year before I finally got it right. Not figuratively ruined—I mean I actually made a loaf so dense … Read more

The church bake sale was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I was standing in my kitchen at 7 AM on … Read more

There used to be a tiny café tucked behind a bookstore in my neighborhood—the kind of place where the floorboards creaked and the coffee cups … Read more