Desserts

My neighbor’s kids come over almost every week asking for cookies, and for a long time I felt genuinely torn between saying yes and worrying about how much sugar I was handing out. One afternoon, out of desperation and a bowl of spotty, overripe bananas I couldn’t bring myself to throw away, I mashed them … Read more

My mom was diagnosed with a gluten sensitivity a few years back, right around the time my niece’s birthday was coming up. I remember standing in the baking aisle completely overwhelmed, staring at gluten-free flour blends with ingredient lists a mile long, wondering if I’d have to choose between “safe for mom” and “actually tastes … Read more