Dessert Recipes

My aunt wasn’t trying to be clever. I’d stopped by her house on a drizzly October afternoon to drop off a casserole dish I’d borrowed, … Read more

There used to be a tiny, sun-faded panadería on Avenida Revolución in Tijuana that made the most incredible pan de muerto. When they closed their … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me struggle with a tangled hose for a good five minutes before she finally … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple batch of buttercream. I had grand plans for a fancy piping project—rosettes, ruffles, the whole nine yards—for my … Read more

I’m not supposed to play favorites with recipes, but this one is the exception. This Easy Candy Corn Bark is the kind of treat that … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, my air conditioner died. Not a dramatic death—more of a wheeze, a shudder, and then nothing but the sound of … Read more

I was trying to make salted caramel sauce. That was the plan, anyway. A quiet Sunday afternoon, a pot on the stove, and the promise … Read more

My friend Cara swore she hated banana bread. For years. “It’s too dense,” she’d say, wrinkling her nose. “And it always tastes like artificially sweetened … Read more

I was at the farmers’ market last fall, wrestling with a bulky bag of apples, when the woman at the spice stall next to me … Read more

Last Tuesday, I stopped by my neighbor Maria’s house to borrow a bag of flour—mine had run out mid-batch of something I was halfheartedly throwing … Read more