Dessert Recipes

There used to be this tiny bakery tucked into a strip mall on the corner of Elm and 4th in my old neighborhood. It was … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the hardware store—of all places—last December, holding a new snow shovel and a pack of lightbulbs, when … Read more

There used to be a little Russian tea house tucked away on a side street in Brighton Beach—the kind of place with lace curtains, mismatched … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Tuesday in October, and I was hit with the most specific craving for a warm, spiced apple pie. … Read more

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just skip the molasses and use brown sugar instead. I was in the middle of explaining that molasses … Read more

I was digging through my purse for a pen last Tuesday—honestly, just a regular Tuesday, nothing special—when my fingers brushed against a forgotten Andes Mint … Read more

There used to be this little diner off Highway 17, just south of Wilmington, called The Rusty Spoon. They had a dessert case that would … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a dusty antique shop on Main Street in my old neighborhood. It was … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of our local grocery store last November when the smell hit me—not cinnamon or nutmeg, but that weirdly … Read more

Linda wasn’t trying to impress me. I’d stopped by her place on a rainy Tuesday afternoon to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and the … Read more