Dessert Recipes

There used to be a little bakery tucked inside a vintage furniture shop on the corner of Elm and 4th Street that made the most … Read more

I was standing in line at the post office, of all places, trying to mail a package three days before Christmas. The woman ahead of … Read more

My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just skip the mixer and stir everything by hand. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—then stopped. I … Read more

I had this whole plan, you know? My daughter’s fourth birthday was coming up, and I was going to make this gorgeous, elegant lemon bundt … Read more

A friend asked me why I couldn’t just use melted butter instead of creaming it with sugar for these cookies. I was in the middle … Read more

My aunt claimed to hate pumpkin pie for thirty-seven years. Thirty-seven years of Thanksgiving side-eyeing the pie plate, thirty-seven years of passing it to her … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, I spent a week housesitting for my accountant, Mr. Henderson. Nice guy, bit of a chatterbox, but the last person … Read more

I was standing in my kitchen, staring at a single, lonely stick of butter that had been sitting on the counter for maybe a little … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery called The Yellow Door on a side street in Portland that made banana chocolate chip bread so good … Read more

I was at my local hardware store last November, waiting for a key to be copied, when the woman behind the counter started talking about … Read more