Dessert Recipes

I was elbow-deep in glitter and glue sticks at my friend Jenna’s dining room table, helping her twin boys craft last-minute Super Bowl decorations. It … Read more

Hand me that big glass bowl,” my neighbor Clara said, peering over the fence last Fourth of July. I was frantically trying to figure out … Read more

The church bazaar was in 48 hours and I had completely forgotten I signed up for the preserve table. Everyone else would be bringing their … Read more

I was standing in the produce section last Tuesday, staring at a pile of Bosc pears, when a memory hit me so hard I almost … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple fig chutney for a cheese board I was putting together last September. I had the figs, the red … Read more

My neighbor, a retired botanist named Margaret, watched me struggling to carry three overgrown zucchini from my garden to the kitchen. She didn’t say anything … Read more

I had a long-standing policy against putting vegetables in baked goods. For years, I held this line firmly—zucchini bread, carrot cake, spinach muffins, none of … Read more

I used to think zucchini had no place in baked goods. Honestly, I was that person who’d side-eye a loaf of green-speckled bread at a … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a dry cleaner and a vintage shop on the corner of Oak and Third that made … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store aisle last Tuesday, staring at a bag of apples like it held the answers to the universe. My … Read more