Dessert Recipes

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked next to a dry cleaner on Elm Street—the kind of place with a chalkboard menu and a … Read more

I was digging through a cardboard box in my parents’ attic last October when the smell hit me. Not dust, not mothballs — but a … Read more

I was walking through the spice aisle at my local mercado last October when a bottle of orange blossom water slipped off the shelf and … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of perfectly round, iced sugar cookies for a Halloween party. I had the royal icing ready, the sprinkles … Read more

My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone that October afternoon. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—ours had mysteriously vanished during a garage cleanup—and … Read more

I wasn’t expecting candy-making advice from my accountant, but there I was, sitting in his cluttered office during tax season, watching him pull a Ziploc … Read more

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

The Halloween potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d remembered to buy a costume—a last-minute ghost situation involving an old … Read more

My neighbor, a retired baker named Gloria, watched me wrestling with a bag of flour on my front porch one October afternoon. I was trying … Read more

I wasn’t expecting to get cake-baking advice from my accountant, but there I was, knee-deep in tax receipts, listening to Mr. Henderson describe exactly how … Read more