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