Dessert Recipes

This was supposed to be a fancy layered trifle for a summer potluck. I had visions of a gorgeous glass bowl filled with homemade custard, … Read more

My neighbor, an older gentleman named Roy, watched me struggle with a flat, sad-looking loaf of banana bread one Tuesday afternoon. I was peering through … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, I found myself standing in a dusty antique shop in a tiny town I’d never heard of, holding a cookbook … Read more

This was supposed to be a pumpkin cheesecake. I had the graham crackers crushed, the cream cheese softening on the counter, and a whole vision … Read more

I used to think apple cider donuts were a strictly seasonal affair, meant only for crisp weekend mornings at the orchard, eaten with sticky fingers … Read more

I used to think desserts that looked like they belonged on a restaurant menu were simply out of reach for a home cook like me. … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be in that kitchen. I’d stopped by my neighbor’s place to grab a package that got delivered to her by mistake, … Read more

I was at my local hardware store last October, of all places, buying a new furnace filter when the cashier—a woman named Carol who looked … Read more

This was supposed to be my standard Sunday sourdough bake. You know the one—mix the dough, stretch and fold, let it proof, shape it, bake … Read more

There used to be this tiny, unassuming coffee shop tucked on a side street in Portland—the kind with mismatched chairs and a chalkboard menu that … Read more