I wasn’t expecting to get a baking lesson from a plumber, but there I was, standing in the hardware aisle at the local True Value, … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a used bookstore in Portland called The Gilded Pear that made an apple cider cake that … Read more

Hand me that bag of apples, my sister-in-law said, barely looking up from the stove. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder, of all things, … Read more

I was standing in the middle of Target last October, right between the seasonal candy aisle and the baking supplies, when a woman walked past … Read more

There used to be this little bakery tucked into a brick building on the corner of Maple and Third—a place called The Copper Kettle. They … Read more