Dessert Recipes

My daughter asked why I couldn’t just dump the cream cheese in with the pumpkin batter and swirl it around. I started to explain why … Read more

I was standing in the spice aisle of my local grocery store last November when the smell hit me. Not from the jars around me, … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a particularly damp Tuesday last October, and I had a very specific, almost aggressive craving for a warm apple cider … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from the man installing my new dishwasher, but there I was, standing in my own kitchen, watching him wipe his … Read more

I was digging through my freezer last Tuesday—you know, that chaotic moment when you’re elbow-deep in frozen peas and mystery containers—when a familiar scent hit … Read more

I was supposed to be making a proper pumpkin pie from scratch. That was the plan, anyway. I had the sugar pumpkins roasted, the evaporated … Read more

I was digging through a box of old cookbooks at a flea market last October, looking for nothing in particular, when the woman running the … Read more

The power went out halfway through my second attempt at this bread. There I was, standing in a dark kitchen at 7 PM, holding a … Read more

My sister had sworn off Halloween treats. For years. “Too sweet,” she’d say with a wave of her hand, turning up her nose at the … Read more

There used to be this tiny bakery tucked behind a laundromat on 8th Street that made the most incredible black sesame cupcakes. When they closed … Read more