Dessert Recipes

I wasn’t supposed to be in that kitchen. My neighbor, an older woman named Gloria who keeps to herself mostly, had asked me to grab … Read more

The woman at the next stall watched me eyeing her basket of crystallized ginger for a solid minute before she finally spoke. “You’re not sure … Read more

I swore I didn’t need another cookie recipe. Honestly, my holiday baking lineup was already set—the same five recipes I’d been making for years, the … Read more

I used to think dried fruit had no place in a cake that was supposed to be truly moist. That was before my neighbor Linda … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Tuesday in early December, and I had a sudden, almost aggressive craving for something sweet, salty, and crunchy. … Read more

My neighbor across the hall asked why I couldn’t just stir the sourdough discard straight into the pumpkin batter instead of fussing with a separate … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a grey, drizzly Tuesday in late October, and a very specific, almost aggressive craving for pumpkin cinnamon rolls hit me. … Read more

I was halfway through bagging a random assortment of heirloom apples at the farmer’s market last October when the woman running the stall—a tiny, no-nonsense … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of caramel popcorn. I had the brown sugar measured out, the butter melting on the stove, and a … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the hardware store last October—don’t ask, I was there for a lightbulb—when the woman ahead of me … Read more