Dessert Recipes

My neighbor across the hall, a retired carpenter named Frank, watched me hauling a ten-pound bag of sweet potatoes up the stairs one Tuesday afternoon. … Read more

The cookie swap was in six hours and I had absolutely nothing to bring. My neighbor Sarah always brings those perfectly piped French macarons. My … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a vintage clothing shop in Portland called “The Mortician’s Daughter” that made these spooky witch finger … Read more

My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—mine had mysteriously vanished after the last garage sale—and this sweet, … Read more

My aunt claimed she hated cranberry bread for twenty years. Twenty years! She’d make a face at holiday brunches, bypass the bread basket entirely, and … Read more

I was at a hardware store, of all places, buying a new paint scraper, when the woman in line behind me started talking about Halloween … Read more

The holiday cookie exchange was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those intricate little masterpieces—you know the ones, with … Read more

A neighbor’s kid asked me last week why I couldn’t just press cookie dough into a cake pan instead of scooping individual cookies. I started … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in October, and I had a ridiculous, specific craving for something I couldn’t quite name. Not candy … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be in her kitchen that afternoon. I’d stopped by to return a casserole dish I’d borrowed weeks ago, and the smell … Read more