Dessert Recipes

My friend Jenna had insisted for years that candy corn was the devil’s candy. “Too sweet, too waxy, and honestly, why bother?” she’d say every … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple pumpkin bread — you know, the kind you throw together when you’ve got half a can of pumpkin … Read more

Introduction Last Saturday afternoon, I was rummaging through a dusty box of old notebooks at a local flea market when a quietly humming taxi driver … Read more

Introduction “I wasn’t expecting much when I stopped by my neighbor’s place to borrow a cup of sugar,” I remember thinking. The moment I stepped … Read more

“Why don’t you just add pumpkin puree right into the dough?” my partner asked one chilly October morning, while I was fussing over the cinnamon … Read more

“Why can’t you just mix the cream cheese right into the pumpkin batter instead of swirling it on top?” my friend asked one Saturday morning … Read more

It was 11:37 PM on a quiet Thursday, and honestly, I was just trying to keep my midnight munchies at bay without waking the whole … Read more

The power went out halfway through a chilly October afternoon when I found myself chatting with the quiet plumber fixing our heater. Honestly, I wasn’t … Read more

“This was supposed to be peach jam,” I muttered, staring down at the bubbling pot that looked more like thick syrup than anything spreadable. I … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, I was sitting in a nearly forgotten corner of a bustling flea market, flipping through an old, stained cookbook I’d … Read more