Dessert Recipes

The neighborhood cookie swap was in three days and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day projects—you know the ones. Layered … Read more

The woman at the farmers’ market stall watched me staring at her bag of flaky sea salt for a solid minute before she finally spoke. … Read more

The woman at the farmers’ market stall watched me pick up and put down the same persimmon three times. I was clearly overthinking it—they looked … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store on a Tuesday afternoon, holding a bag of lightbulbs and a new paintbrush, when the woman … Read more

My friend Jenna asked why I couldn’t just press the crust into the pan with my fingers instead of using the bottom of a glass. … Read more

My daughter claimed she hated tres leches cake for eight years. Eight years. Every birthday party, every potluck, every time someone brought that glorious, milky … Read more

My neighbor, an older woman named Clara who grew up in a small town in upstate New York, watched me one December afternoon as I … Read more

Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a casserole dish she’d lent me—the one with the chip in the handle … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a very specific, almost aggressive craving for pumpkin cheesecake. The kind that doesn’t let … Read more

I wasn’t expecting culinary inspiration from my accountant, but there I was, knee-deep in tax documents last April, when Mr. Henderson started describing his Friday … Read more