It started because the house was too cold, and I refused to turn the heat on before November.Maine stubbornness. Or maybe just mine.Anyway—the oven was …
I Tried Martha Stewart’s Pumpkin Cheesecake — And Something About the Vanilla Broke Me
It was too warm for October. that weird stretch of fall where the sun forgets itself and everything smells like a memory on the verge …
I Tried Martha Stewart’s Vanilla Pound Cake—And Something Got Quiet Inside Me
It smelled like Christmas before the divorce. Not the tree, not the wrapping paper. The kitchen.The part where the air went still and the light …
I Tried Martha Stewart’s Lemon Pound Cake—And Thought About the One Mae Dropped
It was too bright out for cake.One of those glassy spring days where the sun feels like it’s lying to you. I hadn’t planned to …
I Tried Martha Stewart’s Cream Cheese Pound Cake—And Forgot Why I Needed It
It started with the scrape of metal against glass.That sound a spoon makes when it’s fighting cold butter in a mixing bowl that’s too deep. …
I Tried Martha Stewart’s Pizza Dough Recipe—and Ended Up Crying Over a Bent Pan
I hadn’t looked at Martha’s pizza dough recipe in years. Not since the last time I tried to make it and dropped the bowl mid-stir—cracked …
I Tried Martha Stewart’s Peanut Butter Cookies—Then I Messed With Them
The oven was already on.Leftover heat from Mae’s frozen pizza.I wasn’t planning to make anything sweet, but the day had been long and loud and …
I Tried Martha Stewart’s Peach Cobbler—and Let the Biscuits Speak First
It started with a drawer that wouldn’t close.The one with the melted measuring spoon and that tea towel that still smells like toast.I wasn’t looking …
I Tried Martha Stewart’s Green Juice – and It Took Me Back to Her Garden, Not Mine
It was overcast but hot. The kind of heat that doesn’t glow—it presses. My neck was sticky from the walk back from the post office, …
I Tried Martha Stewart’s Green Bean Casserole — and Burnt the First Batch on Purpose
It started with the shallots.Too many. Too thin. Too loud in the oil.The kind of frying that smells like guilt and makes the window fog …