Dessert Recipes

Introduction The summer heat was relentless that Thursday afternoon when Maria watched me awkwardly trying to balance a bowl of melting ice cream and fresh … Read more

Introduction “You don’t have to babysit this,” my neighbor called out casually from her kitchen one lazy Sunday afternoon. I’d popped over to borrow some … Read more

The other afternoon, I was strolling through the grocery store’s produce aisle when the faint, nutty aroma of browned butter teased my senses — and … Read more

“The summer I turned thirty, my neighbor wasn’t making a big deal of it.” I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of sugar, and the … Read more

The neighborhood Halloween bake-off was in less than six hours and I hadn’t even started on my contribution. Everyone else was whipping up elaborate, spooky … Read more

Last October, I was waiting in line at the grocery store when the faint scent of cinnamon and cocoa from the seasonal aisle caught me … Read more

There used to be a quaint little bakery tucked away on a side street in Asheville, North Carolina, that made the most unforgettable caramel apple … Read more

Introduction Last Saturday, I was walking back from the corner store when the crisp autumn breeze carried a whiff of cinnamon and pumpkin spice from … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple batch of classic blondies, the kind I’d whipped up a hundred times before. I grabbed the wrong butter—brown … Read more

My sister swore she wasn’t a fan of huckleberries. For years. Then one particularly rainy Saturday, I whipped up this batch of cozy huckleberry crumble … Read more