Dessert Recipes

I was supposed to be making a classic apple crisp for my daughter’s third-grade bake sale. The plan was simple, the kind of thing I’d … Read more

I was standing in line at my local hardware store—of all places—buying a new paint scraper, when the guy ahead of me, this older plumber … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store, mentally adding up the total in my head—something I do every single week to … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle of a grocery store last November when the smell hit me — not from the freezer section, … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a bookstore in Portland, Oregon—the kind of place you’d walk past three times before you noticed … Read more

I was standing in line at the DMV — already regretting my life choices — when the woman behind me started talking about apples. Not … Read more

I was standing in the freezer aisle at the grocery store last Tuesday when the cold air hit my face, and suddenly I was seven … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a chilly Tuesday in October, and I had a very specific, almost desperate craving for something pumpkin-spiced and slathered in … Read more

I was at the farmers’ market last October, standing in front of a mountain of sugar pumpkins, completely frozen. The woman running the stall—an older … Read more

My husband had claimed to hate pumpkin desserts for our entire marriage. Eight years. Every autumn, I’d pull out the cans of puree, dreaming of … Read more