Dessert Recipes

I was at the hardware store, of all places, picking up a new light fixture for the kitchen. The woman in front of me in … Read more

Hand me that whisk, my friend said, eyeing the ice cream maker gathering dust on my top shelf. “Why can’t you just whip some cream … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Tuesday in mid-October, and I had a very specific craving for something sweet and chocolatey. Halloween was still … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day preparations—the kind of desserts that … Read more

I was at the hardware store last Saturday, of all places, waiting for a key to be copied. The guy behind the counter, who I’d … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at Target last October, clutching a bag of candy corn I had no business buying, when the woman … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of my standard chewy chocolate chip cookies—the ones I’ve made a hundred times, the ones I could practically … Read more

My sister-in-law, Jen, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a casserole dish she’d lent me, and the sight of her … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last Tuesday, fumbling for my keys, when the smell hit me. It wasn’t the exhaust fumes … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday in November, and I had an unreasonable craving for shortbread. Not just any shortbread—the kind that crumbles … Read more