Dessert Recipes

The neighborhood block party was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate layered dips, homemade bread from fancy Dutch … Read more

Leo wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by his apartment on a rainy Tuesday just to drop off a package and escape the drizzle, … Read more

I was elbow-deep in soapy water, scrubbing a baking dish that had seen better days, when the plumber—a guy named Leo who I’d only ever … Read more

My husband swore he didn’t like banana bread. For years. The entire ten years we’ve been married, actually. He’d politely decline whenever a loaf showed … Read more

My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just make the pumpkin pie filling and bake it in a pan lined with crushed cookies instead of fussing … Read more

The cashier at the hardware store—a man named Earl with a nametag that had been taped back together—was the last person I expected to give … Read more

I wasn’t trying to invent anything new. Honestly, I was just staring at a half-eaten bag of candy corn on my counter last October, feeling … Read more

The woman at the next stall watched me juggle three bags of apples, a butternut squash, and my rapidly melting sense of composure. I was … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in late October, and I was supposed to be meal-prepping for the week. Instead, I found myself … Read more

My neighbor Kelly wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—honestly, the most boring errand imaginable—and the smell of butter and … Read more