Dessert Recipes

My sister asked why I couldn’t just brown the butter first, then mix everything in one bowl. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had a jar of sourdough discard staring at me from the fridge like … Read more

I used to think pumpkin desserts were a one-note song. You know the one — overly spiced, sometimes dry, always predictable. Then my neighbor Carol … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at my local hardware store last October—honestly, I don’t even remember what I went in for—when the woman … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery on the corner of Elm and 3rd in my old neighborhood—it was called The Sweet Petal. They made … Read more

Last Saturday, the power flickered twice before going out completely. A thunderstorm had rolled in, and suddenly my plans for a complicated dinner vanished. I … Read more

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