Dessert Recipes

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last Tuesday, juggling my bag and trying to find my keys, when the air shifted. Someone … Read more

I was elbow-deep in packing tape last October, wrestling with a box of Christmas decorations that had somehow multiplied in the attic, when the smell … Read more

This was supposed to be a classic shortbread—you know, the kind that just melts in your mouth with nothing but butter and sugar. But I … Read more

There used to be a tiny farm-to-table café tucked inside a converted greenhouse in the Hudson Valley called The Glass Jar that made a persimmon … Read more

I was at the hardware store, of all places, last October. Not exactly where you’d expect to stumble onto a Thanksgiving dessert idea, right? I … Read more

Last November, my college roommate called me in a panic. She had volunteered to bring dessert to a Friendsgiving dinner and realized, two hours before … Read more

My niece had refused to participate in any holiday baking for three straight years. “It’s too fussy,” she’d say, crossing her arms. “And I don’t … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a very specific, non-negotiable craving for pecan pie. Not just any pecan pie, mind … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, my neighbor Margot watched me wrestling with a store-bought pie crust in my driveway. I was trying to impress my … Read more

I was having my car’s oil changed at a place I’d never been to before—my usual guy was backed up for days—when the mechanic, a … Read more