Dessert Recipes

There used to be a diner off Highway 78 in Snellville, Georgia, that made a chocolate-peanut butter cake that absolutely ruined me for all other … Read more

I wasn’t expecting to find my new favorite fall cookie recipe from a plumber, but there I was, standing in the hardware aisle at the … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and I was restless. The kind of restlessness that makes you open the refrigerator door four times … Read more

My teenage daughter asked why I couldn’t just dump everything into one bowl and stir. I was mid-lecture about the “proper” way to make quick … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a sweltering Tuesday in July, and I had a serious craving for something cold, sweet, and preferably something that didn’t … Read more

My neighbor’s kid, a quiet ten-year-old named Leo, asked me why I couldn’t just use graham crackers instead of baking a crust. I was prepping … Read more

I was standing in my kitchen last Tuesday, staring at a bunch of bananas that had gone from speckled to practically black, when the smell … Read more

My neighbor, an older woman named Gladys, watched me wrestling with a wobbly, cracked springform pan on my back porch last October. I was trying … Read more

This was supposed to be a classic pumpkin cheesecake—smooth, elegant, the kind you’d serve at a fancy Thanksgiving dinner with a side of self-satisfaction. But … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a hardware store in the town where I grew up—the kind of place with a crooked … Read more