Dessert Recipes

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last Tuesday when the smell of someone’s caramel candle wafted out of a passing car, and … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked inside an old gas station on Highway 6, about twenty minutes from my house, that made the … Read more

The neighborhood cookie swap was in three days and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I’d RSVP’d yes, promised to bring “something spectacular” (my own … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine—her name is Margaret, and she’s been tending that soil for over thirty years—watched me one … Read more

She wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to return a mixing bowl I’d borrowed weeks ago—honestly, I’d forgotten about it until I needed … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple pumpkin roll. I had the cream cheese filling ready, the powdered sugar sifted for dusting, and my grandmother’s … Read more

There used to be a tiny Southern diner tucked behind a gas station on Highway 17 that made a pecan pie cobbler that ruined me … Read more

The office holiday cookie swap was in twelve hours and I had nothing. Not a single cookie. Not even a plan. I had completely forgotten, … Read more

My youngest swore they hated persimmons. For years. The whole thing—the jelly-like texture, the weird shape, the fact that it wasn’t a “normal” fruit like … Read more

I was standing in the parking lot of a grocery store last October, fumbling for my keys, when a gust of wind carried the most … Read more