Dessert Recipes

Pumpkin spice lattes had my husband in a chokehold for years. Not the fancy ones from coffee shops either—the pre-made cartons from the grocery store, … Read more

The neighborhood chili cook-off was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I’d been so wrapped up in work that the email … Read more

Jennifer wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her house that Tuesday afternoon to pick up a casserole dish I’d lent her months ago, … Read more

I was standing in the produce aisle last Tuesday, staring at a bag of apples I had no business buying. It was just me and … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of banana muffins. I had the bananas, the walnuts, the whole plan mapped out in my head. But … Read more

My neighbor Carol watched me fumbling with a pie pumpkin on my front steps last October, a serrated knife wobbling in my hand like I … Read more

I was elbow-deep in packing tape last October, wrestling with a box of Halloween decorations that had somehow multiplied in the attic, when my hand … Read more

There used to be a little bakery called The Black Cat on a side street in my old neighborhood that made the most incredible Halloween … Read more

I wasn’t expecting to find my new go-to Halloween dessert while waiting for my car’s oil change, but there I was, stuck in a plastic … Read more

Introduction My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday morning. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—our gutters were clogged, and honestly, I … Read more