Easy Baked Apple Dumplings with Cinnamon Sugar Sauce
My husband swore he didn’t like baked fruit. For years. He’d watch me peel apples for a crisp or pit plums for a crumble with … Read more
My husband swore he didn’t like baked fruit. For years. He’d watch me peel apples for a crisp or pit plums for a crumble with … Read more
I was standing in line at a tiny corner coffee shop last fall, staring at a chalkboard menu that had more words than I had … Read more
It was 11:17 PM on a random Tuesday in November, and I had a desperate, almost embarrassing craving for butternut squash soup. The kind of … Read more
Introduction I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last October, juggling a bag of candy corn and a carton of eggs, when the … Read more
Okay, let’s be real for a second. The annual neighborhood “Harvest Hop” was in three hours, and I had completely, utterly, and spectacularly forgotten. I … Read more
There used to be a tiny Italian place tucked into a strip mall off Highway 55 that made a lasagna soup that ruined me for … Read more
I wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by my neighbor Jenna’s house on a Tuesday afternoon to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and … Read more
I had refused to make a Halloween snack mix for years. A solid decade, at least. The whole concept felt like a kitchen afterthought—a sad … Read more
I was at the hardware store, of all places, buying a new snow shovel last November when the guy ringing me up—a guy named Gary … Read more
I was standing in the middle of a big-box hardware store last October, holding a bag of lightbulbs I didn’t really need, when the air … Read more