Dessert Recipes

My neighbor watched me hauling a bag of overripe bananas into my apartment building one Tuesday afternoon and didn’t say anything at first. Then she … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a particularly rainy Thursday, and I had a very specific craving for something warm, soft, and just a little bit … Read more

The fall potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day projects—you know the kind. Slow-braised things, … Read more

There used to be a tiny café tucked into an old Victorian house on Elm Street in my town called The Gilded Bean. They had … Read more

I was standing in the spice aisle of our local grocery store last October when a jar of cinnamon slipped from my hands and shattered … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in September, and I had a very specific, almost aggressive craving for a peanut butter cup. You … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine—her name is Mabel, and she’s been gardening that patch for over forty years—watched me trying … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store last October, trying to find a specific size of washer for a leaky faucet, when the … Read more

“Why can’t you just dip the strawberries in the champagne first, and then in the chocolate?” my sister asked, peering over my shoulder as I … Read more

I was standing in the dairy aisle last December, honestly just trying to grab a quart of milk without my toddler having a meltdown over … Read more