Dessert Recipes

Introduction Last August, I was at the farmers’ market with a bag of peaches that were already threatening to turn into jam in my canvas … Read more

I was standing in my neighbor Martha’s kitchen last Tuesday, helping her sort through a pile of zucchini the size of small baseball bats, when … Read more

There used to be a little bakery tucked into a strip mall off Highway 99 that made the most incredible zucchini bar I have ever … Read more

I was at my neighbor’s garage sale last spring—not for kitchen stuff, honestly, I was after a cheap bookshelf—when the woman running it, a retired … Read more

“Why can’t you just toss the bananas right into the batter without mashing them first?” my friend asked last Sunday afternoon as I was preparing … Read more

The neighborhood bake-off was in less than two hours and I had absolutely nothing ready. Everyone else was showing up with multi-layer cakes, fancy pastries, … Read more

Last Tuesday, my colleague watched me fumble around with overripe bananas on my cluttered desk, trying to figure out what to do with them before … Read more

The scent of cinnamon and nutmeg was drifting through the air last Saturday morning when the faint sweetness of maple caught me off guard — … Read more

Last October, while I was fumbling with a batch of spiced muffins that just wouldn’t rise, my neighbor Marla watched me from her porch but … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a quiet Wednesday, and all I wanted was something sweet, something dark, and honestly, a little bit wild. I didn’t … Read more