Dessert Recipes

My husband swore he hated birthday cake. For years. The whole decade we’d been together, he’d push aside any slice placed in front of him … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had a ridiculous, undeniable craving for something caramel-apple. Not a candy apple, not … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine—her name is Rosa—watched me one September afternoon as I stood there, staring at a pile … Read more

It was 11:17 PM on a particularly dreary Tuesday in late November, and I had a very specific craving for a warm, gooey chocolate chip … Read more

You know that moment when you have three sad, spotty bananas sitting on the counter, and everyone in the house is looking at you like … Read more

There used to be a tiny panadería on a side street in the Mission District in San Francisco that made the most unforgettable pan de … Read more

My sister swore she hated cake pops. For years. She’d make this face, you know the one—a little scrunch of the nose like she’d just … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday in December, and I was supposed to be asleep. The house was quiet, the Christmas lights on … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine—her name is Rosa—watched me one Saturday morning trying to balance a bunch of kale, a … Read more

I was sitting in my car waiting for a tire rotation last November—a Tuesday, I think—when the shop’s accountant, a quiet woman named Carol who … Read more