Dessert Recipes

I was standing in line at the hardware store last August, holding a bag of charcoal and a new spatula, when the guy in front … Read more

My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a garden rake and the smell of something warm and sweet hit … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a dusty antique shop on the south side of town that made the … Read more

I was elbow-deep in pumpkin guts last October when my phone buzzed. My neighbor Deb, the one who grows enough zucchini to feed a small … Read more

I was sitting in my car at a red light, mentally running through my grocery list, when the woman in the minivan next to me … Read more

My neighbor, a retired baker named Frank, watched me struggle with a batch of Halloween sugar cookies one October afternoon from over the fence. He … Read more

Hand me that pie plate, my friend said, holding a sleeve of graham crackers over the mixing bowl. I was mid-lecture about the importance of … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in September, and I was hit with the very specific need to make something that looked like … Read more

The neighborhood Halloween block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten the treat exchange. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate haunted gingerbread houses … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store last October, completely unprepared for what hit me. The woman in front of me … Read more