Dessert Recipes

My roommate asked why I couldn’t just toss the shredded zucchini straight into the muffin batter without squeezing it dry first. I started to explain … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Thursday, and I had a ridiculous, almost desperate craving for chocolate cake. Not just any cake, but the … Read more

My friend Marisol watched me squinting at her phone, trying to decipher her handwriting on a sticky note. She didn’t say anything at first. Then … Read more

I was standing in the middle of the baking aisle at Target—a place I swore I’d only be in for five minutes—when a woman I’d … Read more

My niece asked why I couldn’t just brown the butter first before creaming it with the sugar. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work … Read more

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