Dessert Recipes

There used to be this tiny bakery tucked inside a flower shop on the corner of Oak and 3rd Street that made the most incredible … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of proper Christmas cookies. You know, the kind you spend all day rolling out, chilling, cutting into shapes, … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a very specific, almost aggressive craving for a Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar. You know … Read more

There used to be this tiny French bistro tucked away on a side street in Portland—Le Petit Coin—that made a chocolate lava cake I still … Read more

My Aunt Carol wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and the smell of vanilla and sugar … Read more

I was standing in the spice aisle of our local grocery store last Tuesday, staring at a jar of ground ginger, when the smell hit … Read more

I was looking through a stack of old cookbooks at a library book sale when the elderly volunteer behind the counter said, “You know, I … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday in early December. I had this sudden, almost desperate craving for something that smelled like Christmas but … Read more

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just layer everything in one big glass bowl instead of fussing with individual servings. I started to explain … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Kowalski, watched me struggle with a wobbly, cracked cheesecake one December afternoon and didn’t say anything at first. Then she simply placed … Read more