Dessert Recipes

The church potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. My Aunt Carol had texted me the reminder that morning, and … Read more

There used to be a little bakery on the corner of Elm and 4th Street in my town, a tiny place called “The Sugar Bean,” … Read more

I was supposed to be making a completely different dish that night. The plan was a simple roasted chicken with some glazed carrots on the … Read more

This was supposed to be a pecan pie. I mean, it was supposed to be a proper, honest-to-goodness pecan pie with a flaky crust that … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be at Sarah’s house that Tuesday afternoon. I was just dropping off a casserole dish she’d left at my place after … Read more

This was supposed to be a layer cake. A tall, elegant, three-tiered thing with perfectly smooth sides and rosettes piped on top like something from … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, I found myself at a dusty antique shop in a tiny town called Mineral Point. I was there because my … Read more

The autumn I turned thirty, I found myself at a tiny farmers market in a town I’d never heard of, holding a slightly bruised pumpkin … Read more

I was supposed to be making a completely different bread that afternoon. The persimmons were sitting on my counter, looking perfect and orange and full … Read more

“Why do you have to peel them?” my seven-year-old asked, watching me stand at the counter with a vegetable peeler in one hand and a … Read more