Easy Sweets

My roommate Jenna asked why I couldn’t just skip the chilling step. It was a Tuesday evening in late September, the kind where the air … Read more

It was late on a Tuesday night, the kind where the house has finally gone quiet and the only light comes from the stove hood. … Read more

My neighbor, a lovely woman named Carol, had been telling me for years that pumpkin bread was “fine, but nothing special.” She said it with … Read more

My sister called me last February 12th in a full-blown panic. She had promised her daughter’s entire second-grade class she’d bring in homemade Valentine’s Day … Read more

I met Rosa at the community garden two summers ago, right when I was trying to figure out what to do with a mountain of … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a ridiculous, undeniable craving for warm, gooey apple crisp. But here’s the thing—I didn’t … Read more

I was elbow-deep in melted chocolate when my sister texted, “What did you do to those strawberries?” She had just opened the photo I sent … Read more

My husband claimed he hated sweet breads for breakfast. Fifteen years of marriage, and the man would reach for a bagel or a slice of … Read more

I burned the bottom of my gingerbread crust three times before I figured out what I was doing wrong. Not the cheesecake part—that came out … Read more

For years, my holiday cookie platter had a glaring hole. You know the one. It wasn’t that the gingerbread men lacked charm or that the … Read more