Dessert Recipes

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a dry cleaner and a nail salon on the corner of Elm and 4th that made … Read more

My neighbor Carol asked me last Tuesday why I couldn’t just skip the cream cheese step and mix it all into one bowl. I started … Read more

It was the third week of September, and my kitchen counter was completely buried under a mountain of pears. My neighbor, a lovely older woman … Read more

My neighbor, a retired schoolteacher named June, asked me why I couldn’t just dump the peaches in the skillet and pour the batter right over … Read more

Introduction I had been avoiding peach cobbler for years. A whole decade, actually. It wasn’t the peaches themselves—I love a good, ripe peach more than … Read more

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