Dessert Recipes

My neighbor, Carol, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—our fence had taken a beating in a storm—and the smell … Read more

My neighbor, a retired botanist named Irene, asked me why I couldn’t just shred the zucchini instead of grating it. I started to explain why … Read more

I wasn’t expecting to find my new favorite dessert recipe in the middle of a plumbing emergency, but there I was, holding a flashlight for … Read more

I was standing in my kitchen last July, staring at three zucchini that had somehow turned into baseball bats overnight. You know that moment when … Read more

My neighbor, a retired botanist named Frank, had been leaving zucchinis on my porch for three weeks straight. Every Tuesday morning, like clockwork, another one … Read more

Introduction This was supposed to be just a simple apple cake experiment. I grabbed the wrong kind of apples — a bag of tart Granny … Read more

Introduction The other evening, I was walking home just as the sun was dipping behind the trees, and suddenly the crisp scent of apple cider … Read more

Introduction My roommate swore she hated chocolate cupcakes. For years. Then one chilly October evening, I caught her sneaking a second black velvet cupcake slathered … Read more

“The power went out halfway through a Tuesday afternoon, and I ended up at my neighbor Mel’s place to wait it out. I wasn’t there … Read more

“I don’t do smash cakes,” my cousin declared every year around her daughter’s birthday. For at least five Leos running in a row, she insisted … Read more