Desserts

Last Thanksgiving I pulled a bubbling pan of old-fashioned pecan cobbler out of the oven and the whole kitchen went […]

I still remember the first time I tried to make chocolate mousse for a dinner party. I was 24, living

I still remember the exact second the room went quiet. It was Christmas Eve, the table already crowded with the

I still laugh when I think about my first attempt at a cookie cake. My niece’s birthday was coming up

Last October I was standing in my kitchen with a half-used can of pumpkin puree staring at me from the

I still remember the first time I tried to frost a cake for my son’s third birthday. I had bought

I still remember standing in my kitchen at 11 p.m. the night before my niece’s sixth birthday, staring at a

Last Sunday I pulled a vanilla cake out of the oven and the whole house smelled like pure happiness. My

I still laugh when I think about the first time I made Kentucky Derby Pie. It was a rainy Saturday

I still remember the exact folding table. Plastic red-and-white checkered cloth, a little sticky from someone’s lemonade spill, and a