My friend Jenna had refused to eat any dessert that involved fruit and cream cheese for almost a decade. Ten years, I think. She’d make … Read more

The neighborhood Halloween block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate themed desserts—I’d seen the neighbor across … Read more

I was elbow-deep in a bag of Halloween candy last October—testing quality control, obviously—when a single green gummy worm slipped through my fingers and landed … Read more

My neighbor Kate wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of sugar—how cliché is that?—and the smell hit me before … Read more