Dessert Recipes

This was supposed to be a simple loaf of sourdough. You know, the kind you feed your starter for days, coax it into a perfect … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday in late October, and I was hit with a craving so specific it felt almost physical. I … Read more

My friend Jenna asked me why I couldn’t just use a whole can of pumpkin instead of measuring out a partial cup. I started to … Read more

Last October, I found myself standing in my neighbor Maria’s kitchen, completely covered in flour and staring at a bowl of lumpy pumpkin batter that … Read more

My neighbor, a retired baker named Leo, swore he hated pumpkin bread. For three decades, according to him. “Too dense, too sweet, too… pumpkin-y,” he’d … Read more

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