Dessert Recipes

This was supposed to be a batch of my grandmother’s classic sugar cookies. You know, the ones she’d make every Christmas with the little red … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Thursday in mid-October, and I had a ridiculous, almost feral craving for something that tasted like childhood but … Read more

My neighbor, a retired kindergarten teacher named Carol, watched me wrestling a bag of Oreos open with my teeth one Tuesday afternoon. I was trying … Read more

I’d spent three years dodging Halloween baking. Not because I’m a grinch—I love a good costume party and will happily eat my weight in candy … Read more

Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a random Tuesday afternoon to pick up a book I’d loaned her months … Read more

My neighbor Raj watched me digging through my utensil drawer for my hand mixer one Tuesday afternoon, and he didn’t say anything at first. Then … Read more

I was supposed to be making a proper baked cheesecake. I had the springform pan out, the cream cheese softening on the counter, and a … Read more

I was folding laundry last Tuesday—a gray, drizzly afternoon that felt more like November than spring—when the faintest whiff of vanilla extract drifted from somewhere. … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a vintage bookstore in Portland—the kind of place with mismatched chairs and a chalkboard menu that … Read more

Introduction My neighbor Karen wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday afternoon. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—ours had mysteriously vanished after the garage … Read more