Dessert Recipes

My neighbor Karen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a whisk—mine had somehow vanished into the kitchen abyss—and this cool, minty-chocolate … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery in our neighborhood called “Grain & Sugar” that made the most perfect small-batch chocolate chip cookies I had … Read more

The PTA Halloween bake sale was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those picture-perfect creations—the ones that look like … Read more

My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—a Tuesday, I think, early afternoon—and the smell hit me before I … Read more

I was at the farmers’ market last October, struggling to carry a bag of apples that kept trying to escape, when the woman at the … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of my grandmother’s famous chocolate fudge. I had the marshmallow creme, the good vanilla, and a whole bag … Read more

I was at the hardware store, of all places, picking up a new trash can after mine finally gave up the ghost. The guy at … Read more

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

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, halfway through a meeting about quarterly taxes, watching him sketch a dessert on … Read more

My brother-in-law, Mark, had refused to touch pecan pie for thirty-seven years. Three decades and seven years of Thanksgiving dinners where he’d push the pie … Read more