Dessert Recipes

My neighbor Janet wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday afternoon. I’d stopped by to return her measuring cup—the one I’d borrowed three weeks prior … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a dry cleaner on the corner of Elm and 4th that made a salted caramel apple … Read more

My son claimed he hated spider webs. For six whole years. He’d shriek at the sight of one in the garage, demand I sweep them … Read more

My neighbor, a retired baker named Gloria, watched me fumbling with a piping bag one October afternoon. I was trying to get a ghost shape … Read more

The PTA Halloween party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d remembered to buy the candy for the goody bags, but … Read more

I was at the hardware store, of all places, waiting for my husband to pick out a new drill bit. It was a Tuesday, and … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a very ordinary Tuesday, and I had a very specific, almost irrational craving for something that tasted like fall but … Read more

My nephew asked why I couldn’t just dip the pretzels in white chocolate and call them witch fingers. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

My sister swore she hated pudding. For years. Like, would scrunch up her nose at the sight of a pudding cup in a lunchbox. Then, … Read more

Maria, the woman who runs the small spice shop three blocks from my apartment, watched me staring at her jar of black cocoa powder for … Read more