Dessert Recipes

It was 10:47 PM on a Tuesday in early December, and I had this ridiculous, specific craving for something chocolatey and cold. Not ice cream, … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last Tuesday, just trying to grab a bag of peas, when the cold air from the open … Read more

I watched the woman at the next stall in the community garden carefully pack ginger cookies into a tin for her granddaughter. She didn’t say … Read more

I was standing in the spice aisle of a grocery store last November when a jar of ground ginger slipped from my hand and shattered … Read more

This was supposed to be a pecan pie. I mean, that was the whole point—a classic, gooey, Southern pecan pie for a Sunday dinner my … Read more

The cookie swap was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I’d RSVP’d yes three weeks ago, printed out the little card … Read more

I had sworn off shaped cookies for years. Honestly, I found them fussy, the kind of project that sounded fun in theory but left you … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, knee-deep in tax receipts last March, listening to Frank describe exactly how to … Read more

I was standing in the middle aisle of a grocery store last December, reaching for a box of cereal, when a woman walked past me … Read more

The cookie exchange was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their signature showstoppers—I knew that because I’d seen the … Read more