Dessert Recipes

The office holiday party was in less than two hours, and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing these elaborate, multi-step desserts that looked … Read more

Introduction Last Saturday afternoon, I was reorganizing a cluttered drawer in my kitchen when the quiet plumber who was fixing the leaky sink suddenly started … Read more

This was supposed to be a quick weekday scramble—just some eggs and toast, nothing fancy. But of course, I grabbed the baking powder instead of … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in less than two hours, and I still hadn’t decided what to bring. Everyone else was showing up with these … Read more

Introduction Last Tuesday, I wasn’t expecting much when I dropped by my neighbor’s for a quick chat. Honestly, I thought I’d just grab a coffee … Read more

Introduction The summer I turned thirty, I was rummaging through a dusty stack of old cookbooks at a tiny, somewhat forgotten thrift shop on Maple … Read more

Introduction “Why not just toss the peaches and raspberries right into the yogurt?” my friend asked while I was fussing over the layers for this … Read more

The sizzle of butter hitting a hot skillet last Saturday afternoon caught me off guard — and suddenly I was ten years old, sprawled on … Read more

“I never thought I’d be the type to fuss over a galette,” my friend Jake confessed last summer. He’d always claimed to prefer straightforward desserts—none … Read more

Introduction A few Saturdays ago, my neighbor watched me struggling to figure out what to do with the three zucchinis crowding my kitchen counter. She … Read more