Dessert Recipes

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me trying to wrestle a butternut squash off the vine for what felt like … Read more

My daughter asked why I couldn’t just grind the cashews in the blender instead of soaking and draining them for hours. I started to explain … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, watched me struggling to tape a fake spiderweb to my front door without it collapsing into a sad, sticky heap. She … Read more

The school Halloween party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. My kid had been talking about the classroom celebration for weeks, and somehow, … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in mid-October, and I had a sudden, undeniable need for something chocolatey with a side of ridiculous. … Read more

I was at a little community garden harvest potluck last October when my neighbor, an older woman named Gloria, watched me eyeing a tray of … Read more

The PTA Halloween bake sale was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate themed cakes with fondant ghosts … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Tuesday in October, and I had a very specific craving for something that didn’t exist yet. I’d just … Read more

This was supposed to be a full batch. A double batch, actually. I had pulled out two sticks of butter, two bags of chocolate chips, … Read more

I was elbow-deep in packing tape, trying to wrangle a mountain of cardboard boxes into submission, when my neighbor Margie appeared in my doorway. She’s … Read more