Dessert Recipes

My neighbor, Mrs. Harper, insisted for years that shaped cookies were a waste of time—too much fuss for a treat that tastes like any other … Read more

“The neighborhood block party was in less than two hours and I’d completely forgotten about bringing a dessert. Everyone else was showing up with these … Read more

“Hand me that bowl,” my neighbor Jenna said as I stepped into her kitchen one unusually chilly spring afternoon. I’d just dropped by to borrow … Read more

Introduction It was 10:43 PM on a slow Thursday, and I was wide awake with an odd craving for something sweet—but not just any sweet. … Read more

“Why can’t you just skip grating the zucchini and toss it in chopped?” my neighbor asked one damp autumn evening as we stood in my … Read more

Introduction It was 11:27 PM on a rainy Wednesday, and my craving for something sweet and comforting hit like a freight train. I didn’t have … Read more

“I never thought zucchini belonged in anything sweet,” my friend Linda declared firmly every summer when I mentioned zucchini bread. For years, she refused to … Read more

Last Saturday, I was wrestling with a basket of peaches I’d picked up from the farmers market—too ripe to wait, but not quite ripe enough … Read more

Last Thursday afternoon, my neighbor Mark, who’s always casually tending to his tiny urban garden, watched me fumble with a sad, dry chocolate loaf I’d … Read more

The summer I turned twelve, I was wandering the aisles of a local farmers market on a lazy Saturday morning when the warm, nutty scent … Read more