Easy Sweets

November dusk settles over the kitchen like a slow exhale, and the only thing I want is this pie. Not the fussy kind with lattice … Read more

Marta watched me fumbling with the jelly roll pan, my fingers covered in a sticky dusting of powdered sugar. She didn’t say anything at first. … Read more

The school bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. My son reminded me at 8 PM, right after I’d … Read more

My husband had refused to eat chocolate chip cookies for almost a decade. Let me tell you, it was a point of pride with him. … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a very specific, almost aggressive craving for a slice of Neapolitan ice cream. You … Read more

My uncle claimed to hate raisins for forty-three years. Not a mild dislike, mind you, but a full-blown, theatrical hatred. He’d pick them out of … Read more

I was at the farmers’ market last October, staring at a pyramid of sugar pumpkins and feeling completely uninspired. I mean, how many pumpkin pies … Read more

Late October, the kitchen lit only by the stove hood and the streetlamp outside the window, and all I wanted was something small and sweet … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind the old hardware store on Maple Street called “The Frosted Sleigh.” It was the kind of … Read more

The pudding cups sat on the counter for exactly four minutes before my nephew whispered, “Can I eat the dirt?” That’s when I knew I’d … Read more