Dessert Recipes

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a thrift store on Grand Avenue that made the most incredible pecan pie … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a quiet Tuesday, and I was hit with a craving for Thanksgiving in September. I didn’t have a can of … Read more

This was supposed to be a pecan pie. A proper one, with the fussy crust that you have to chill and blind-bake and pray doesn’t … Read more

The kindergarten Thanksgiving feast was in two days and I’d completely forgotten. My daughter had announced it that morning with the casual confidence of a … Read more

I was elbow-deep in pumpkin guts last October when my neighbor, an older woman named Gladys who grows the most ridiculous zucchinis you’ve ever seen, … Read more

My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—our gutters were clogged and mine had mysteriously vanished—and the smell … Read more

Lisa wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—ours had mysteriously vanished after a neighbor’s yard sale—and the smell of apples, … Read more

Hand me that bowl of crushed gingersnaps, my neighbor Rachel said through my screen door last October. I was mid-eye-roll, about to explain that I … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a used bookstore in my old neighborhood called Sweet Petunia’s. They made these … Read more

I wasn’t expecting baking advice from my plumber, but there I was, standing in my kitchen with a leaky faucet, listening to him describe exactly … Read more