Dessert Recipes

This was meant to be a simple lemon pound cake, something classic I could whip up on a slow Sunday afternoon. But honestly, I grabbed … Read more

Introduction It was 11:07 PM on a sleepy Wednesday, and the urge for something sweet and comforting hit me like a freight train. I didn’t … Read more

“Why can’t you just mash the peaches and cook them down with the vanilla bean?” my friend asked one Saturday afternoon while I was gearing … Read more

Last Saturday, my neighbor watched me wrestle with a mountain of overripe zucchini without saying a word. Then, just as I was about to toss … Read more

Last Saturday afternoon, I was wandering through the farmers market, trying to decide what to cook for the week, when the unmistakable scent of cinnamon … Read more

The neighborhood bake sale was in less than three hours and I’d completely blanked on what to bring. Everyone else was pulling out their fancy, … Read more

Introduction “Three Saturdays ago,” I found myself wandering into my neighbor Jess’s kitchen with a half-hearted plan to borrow some sugar. The moment I stepped … Read more

Introduction Three autumns ago, there was this tiny bakery tucked away on a quiet street corner in Burlington, Vermont, known simply as The Green Oven. … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, I found myself unexpectedly chatting with the quiet plumber who came to fix our leaky kitchen sink. Honestly, I wasn’t … Read more

My friend Jenna asked why I couldn’t just skip the oven and use a no-bake crust for the lemonade pie I was teaching her to … Read more