Dessert Recipes

My sister claimed she hated black food for twenty-seven years. “It looks like something died on the plate,” she’d say, wrinkling her nose at squid … Read more

There used to be a little diner off Highway 99, just south of Portland, that made the most perfect layered Jello dessert I’ve ever had. … Read more

This was supposed to be a fancy French meringue for a friend’s birthday party. I had it all planned out—a beautiful layered pavlova with fresh … Read more

Marta from the community garden watched me fumbling with a bag of flour, trying to juggle my phone, my keys, and a giant sugar pumpkin … Read more

Jen wasn’t throwing a Halloween party. She was just, you know, having people over for a casual Friday night — the kind where you wear … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a used bookstore on the corner of Elm and 3rd that made the … Read more

I swore I didn’t need birthday cake in cookie form. For years, I held this position with surprising stubbornness. “A cookie is a cookie,” I’d … Read more

I used to think I had Halloween all figured out. Buy the candy, carve the pumpkin, maybe throw on a costume. But when my daughter … Read more

My six-year-old nephew, Leo, asked me why I couldn’t just skip the crust. We were standing in my kitchen, a bag of graham crackers on … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Kowalski, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of sugar—a cliché, I know, but my baking cabinet … Read more