Dessert Recipes

My neighbor down the hall swore she hated banana bread. For three years, every time the smell drifted out from under my door, she’d make … Read more

The neighborhood cookie exchange was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s famous shortbread, perfectly piped French macarons, … Read more

There used to be a tiny café tucked away on a side street in Portland called The Gilded Spoon that made the most incredible banana … Read more

Hand me that apple peeler, my friend said, already elbow-deep in flour. I was supposed to be making a traditional apple pie for our first … Read more

This was supposed to be a pumpkin pie. I mean, that was the plan. It was a crisp October evening, and I had this vision … Read more

Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a random Tuesday to grab a book I’d lent her months ago, and … Read more

The summer I turned thirty-two, I spent a ridiculous amount of time in a dusty antique shop in upstate New York, hunting for a pie … Read more

The PTA Halloween party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Like, the kind of forgotten where you’re scrolling through your phone at 10 … Read more

My neighbor Kate wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a whisk—mine had mysteriously vanished into the abyss of my kitchen drawers—and … Read more

My niece asked why I couldn’t just use a cookie cutter from the dollar store instead of my fancy, expensive metal ones. I started to … Read more