Dessert Recipes

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a vintage shop on the corner of Elm and 4th Street in my … Read more

I was standing in the canned goods aisle at my local grocery store last October, staring at a display of pumpkin puree like it held … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just swirl the cream cheese right into the batter instead of layering it. I opened my mouth to explain … Read more

I was standing in the spice aisle at the grocery store last Tuesday when a woman walked past me, and the air shifted. She was … Read more

The office Friendsgiving potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. I stared into my pantry like it might magically produce a show-stopping dessert. … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked into a narrow alley in Portland called Tandem that made a pumpkin snickerdoodle cookie that ruined me … Read more

Last Tuesday, I was standing at the farmers market with my youngest hanging off my shopping bag, and an older woman named Helen watched me … Read more

My brother asked why I couldn’t just dump everything into one pan instead of dirtying three bowls. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work … Read more

I was folding laundry last Tuesday—a truly mundane activity—when the smell of cinnamon and something nutty drifted through my apartment window. My neighbor was baking. … Read more

Hand me that bowl, my neighbor said, not even looking up from the pile of mail she was sorting. I’d stopped by to borrow a … Read more