Dessert Recipes

I was at my car’s oil change place—you know, that fluorescent-lit waiting room with the stale coffee and the stack of magazines from 2019—when the … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Thursday, and I was hit with a very specific craving: something warm, something spiced, and something that tasted … Read more

Mrs. Chen from two doors down watched me wrestling a bag of apples into my kitchen last September and didn’t say anything at first. Then … Read more

My friend Jenna asked why I couldn’t just swirl cream cheese into the pumpkin bread instead of making a separate frosting. I started to explain … Read more

The autumn market was closing up, and I was packing my things, honestly a little frustrated. I had been trying to perfect a chocolate-dipped pretzel … Read more

The woman at the farmers market stand watched me eyeing her strawberries for a solid minute before she finally spoke. “You’re looking for something that … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in late March, and I was craving birthday cake. Not the kind with layers and frosting and … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a Tuesday that felt like it had lasted a week, and I had a very specific, almost violent craving for … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery on a side street in Portland, called ‘The Little Apple,’ that made the most incredible caramel apple crumble … Read more

I was standing in my neighbor Carol’s kitchen last Tuesday, waiting for her to find a corkscrew, when the smell hit me. It wasn’t her … Read more