Dessert Recipes

My neighbor, a retired baker named Frank, had been hoarding a sourdough starter for fifteen years. He’d named it “Bertha” and treated it like a … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in October, and I had a ridiculous, almost embarrassing craving for something pumpkin-spiced and warm. You know … Read more

My roommate asked why I couldn’t just mix the dough right in the same bowl I’d used for the pumpkin purée. I started to explain … Read more

Hand me that mixing bowl, my neighbor said. I was wrestling with a store-bought donut box, trying to make it look presentable for a last-minute … Read more

Introduction I was standing in the spice aisle of my local grocery store last October, staring at a jar of pumpkin pie spice like it … Read more

The neighborhood bake-off was in forty-eight hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s legendary pie recipes or those perfectly layered … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a laundromat on a side street in Portland that made the most ridiculous pumpkin cream cheese … Read more

This was supposed to be a standard quick bread—something simple to use up the mountain of zucchini taking over my counter every August. I had … Read more

My neighbor, a retired baker named Frank, asked me why I couldn’t just skip the chilling step for my cookie dough. I started to explain … Read more

I was standing in my kitchen last Tuesday, staring at three bananas that had gone from speckled to basically black, and I felt that familiar … Read more