Dessert Recipes

It was 10:47 PM on a random Tuesday, and I had this ridiculous craving for something rich, salty, and sweet all at once. You know … Read more

I was trying to make gingerbread house panels. That was the plan, anyway. I’d spent the whole afternoon dreaming up a little cabin with a … Read more

There used to be a tiny French bakery tucked behind a bookshop in Portland called “Le Petit Coin Sucré” that made these sugared cranberries that … Read more

There used to be a tiny Italian bakery tucked behind the post office on Maple Street that made a strawberry shortcake that I still dream … Read more

I had a very specific, very stubborn position on chocolate lava cakes for years. They were a restaurant dessert, period. Something you ordered on a … Read more

My neighbor, a retired florist named Eleanor, watched me one afternoon as I tried to wrestle a thrift-store stand mixer back into its box. I … Read more

The Thanksgiving potluck at my son’s school was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those picture-perfect full-sized pies, the … Read more

I was at the community garden last fall, trying to gently negotiate with a woman named Clara over the last bunch of Tuscan kale. I … Read more

The woman at the farmer’s market stand watched me eyeing her bourbon pecan pie for the third time. I wasn’t buying—I was just standing there, … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just swap half the butter for almond flour and call it a day. I started to explain why that … Read more