Dessert Recipes

I was standing in the checkout line at the hardware store last November — buying a new showerhead, of all things — when the woman … Read more

My brother-in-law claimed to hate pumpkin pie for thirty-seven years. Thirty-seven years of Thanksgiving dinners spent pushing the dessert plate aside, asking if there was … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me struggle with a butternut squash for a solid minute before she said anything. … Read more

The church bake sale was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I’d walked past the sign-up sheet in the vestibule all … Read more

I was elbow-deep in a pile of tax receipts—a truly miserable Tuesday afternoon—when my plumber, a gruff man named Sal who usually only grunts about … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a Tuesday in early November, and I had an overwhelming urge to decorate something. Not the house, not the tree—that … Read more

This was supposed to be a pumpkin pie. A full, proper, deep-dish pumpkin pie for a small Friendsgiving I was hosting. I had the crust … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a grocery store aisle last November, somewhere between the canned pumpkin and the evaporated milk, when a smell … Read more

The church bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just a little forgotten — the kind of forgotten where you’re lying … Read more

The Thanksgiving class party was in two hours and I’d completely forgotten. Every other parent would be bringing Pinterest-worthy pies and elaborately decorated cupcakes that … Read more