Dessert Recipes

I was at a holiday craft fair last December, juggling a too-hot chai latte and a bag of handmade ornaments I definitely didn’t need, when … Read more

An elderly woman at the farmers’ market watched me eyeing a basket of tiny, fragrant nutmeg pods. She didn’t say anything at first. Then she … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a used bookstore in my old neighborhood—a place called The Flour Pot that … Read more

The company potluck was in twenty-four hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, totally blanked. The email reminder popped up on my phone while I … Read more

This was supposed to be a gingerbread cheesecake—the kind you bake in a springform pan, cool for hours, and then try to slice neatly while … Read more

The holiday cookie swap at my office was in two days and I’d completely forgotten about it. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate multi-day … Read more

This was supposed to be a standard pumpkin bread. I had the recipe memorized—the one my aunt swears by, the one with the cinnamon and … Read more

I claimed to hate anise for the better part of a decade. A whole ten years. I’d pick it out of cookies, turn down biscotti, … Read more

My neighbor Sarah asked why I couldn’t just use a mini muffin tin instead of fussing with those tiny springform pans. I opened my mouth … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I was standing in front of my open fridge, absolutely convinced I needed tres … Read more