Dessert Recipes

I wasn’t supposed to be in the kitchen that afternoon. I’d stopped by my neighbor Rosa’s house to borrow a ladder—mine had mysteriously vanished after … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a gas station in Sandpoint, Idaho, that made huckleberry crumb bars that ruined me for all … Read more

I was digging through the back of my freezer last Tuesday, looking for a bag of frozen peas I knew was in there somewhere, when … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple upside-down cake. I had the butter, the brown sugar, the sliced peaches all ready to go in a … Read more

My neighbor across the hall, a quiet retired botanist named Harold, knocked on my door holding a massive zucchini from his garden. “You bake, right?” … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store last spring, holding a bag of soil and a pack of zucchini seeds I’d grabbed on … Read more

Last July, my neighbor Marco watched me staring at a pile of overgrown zucchini from my garden like they were a personal challenge I was … Read more

I’d stopped by my neighbor’s house to borrow a ladder, of all things. It was a sweltering Tuesday afternoon in July, and I was dripping … Read more

Introduction “I don’t do crispy cookies,” my roommate declared for what felt like forever. She was a die-hard chewy cookie fan, convinced that anything else … Read more

It was 11:17 PM on an unremarkable Thursday, and an urgent craving for something warm and sweet hit me like a freight train. I didn’t … Read more