Dessert Recipes

My neighbor’s cat, a scruffy black stray named Binx, watched me from the windowsill as I pulled out my cookie cutters last October. I was … Read more

The PTA Halloween party was in six hours and I had completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate themed cakes, those perfectly decorated witch-hat … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery called Sweet Pea’s in the old strip mall near my daughter’s preschool that made the most incredible dirt … Read more

My neighbor Karen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I mean, she’d invited me over to borrow a ladder—that was the whole reason I was standing … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had a pumpkin problem. Not the good kind where you’ve got a cute … Read more

I was at the community garden last October, elbow-deep in soil, trying to figure out why my squash plants were looking so sad. An older … Read more

I was digging through my purse for my keys last Tuesday evening in the grocery store parking lot when the smell hit me — damp … Read more

The neighborhood cookie swap was in three days and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day projects—you know the ones. Layered … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked into a strip mall off Highway 99 in Portland — the kind of place with a handwritten … Read more

Katie wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cake pan—mine had mysteriously vanished during a move—and the smell of cinnamon and … Read more