Dessert Recipes

My neighbor, a retired baker named Frank, asked me why I couldn’t just skip the pre-baking step for the crust. I was standing in his … Read more

I wasn’t expecting dessert advice from the plumber, but there I was, standing in my own kitchen with a wrench in one hand and a … Read more

My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just use the persimmons straight from the tree, without all the peeling and pureeing I insisted on. She’d been … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a dusty thrift store on the corner of 5th and Maple that made … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I was lying awake with a very specific craving — the kind that makes zero sense … Read more

I wasn’t expecting baking advice from my accountant, but there I was, knee-deep in a pile of receipts, watching him sketch a cookie on a … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple roasted sweet potato side dish. I had the whole menu planned out for a Friendsgiving dinner I was … Read more

My neighbor Margaret watched me fumbling with a peeler last October, trying to get the skin off a pile of Honeycrisp apples without losing half … Read more

My husband claimed to hate banana bread for fifteen years. Fifteen years. He’d make this little face anytime someone mentioned it—you know the one, that … Read more

There used to be a little bakery on the corner of Elm and 3rd—right next to the dry cleaners—that made the most incredible Christmas sugar … Read more