Dessert Recipes

I wasn’t expecting to find my favorite fall baking recipe from a man fixing my washing machine. But there I was, standing in my kitchen … Read more

The woman behind the counter at the hardware store watched me circle the display of fall-scented candles for the third time. I was holding a … Read more

My neighbor across the hall asked me last fall why I couldn’t just dump the pumpkin cake mix on top of the filling instead of … Read more

The woman at the next stall watched me carefully bagging my peaches. She was in her seventies, maybe older, with flour dusted on her apron … Read more

This was supposed to be a savory zucchini frittata. I had a mountain of zucchini from my neighbor Carol’s garden—she’d left a grocery bag on … Read more

I wasn’t expecting a life-changing cake recipe from a plumber, but there I was, knee-deep in paperwork at my desk, listening to Mark describe exactly … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a dry cleaner and a nail salon on the corner of Elm and 4th that made … Read more

There used to be this charming little bakery tucked away on Main Street in my hometown called Sweet Blossom. They made the most unforgettable fluffy … Read more

Introduction The summer I turned thirty, I was waiting for a late bus on a scorching Thursday afternoon when the quiet plumber from down the … Read more

Introduction “I never thought I’d be the kind of person who’d obsess over a cake,” my friend Mark always said, especially when it came to … Read more