The lovely Bea of La Tartine Gourmande tagged me for this meme: Four jobs I’ve had in my life: 1. Front counter at the local Chinese takeout place. My very first "real" job – taking orders over the phone, bagging orders, working the cash register, and filling hundreds of little individual containers with sweet and […]...
Archives for February 2006
IMBB #23: Paris-Brest
As the theme for this month’s Is My Blog Burning was Vive La France!, I thought it a wonderful opportunity to revisit all the French pastries I made in pastry school. I decided on one of my favorites, the Paris-Brest. The Paris-Brest was created by a baker in 1891in honor of the Paris-Brest-Paris bicycle race, […]...
CocoaBella Chocolates
What a weekend for chocolate! From the East Bay on Saturday we went to San Francisco on Sunday, where it was just as sunny and just as cold. Yes, as a native Californian I am regularly derided for my intolerance of temperatures below 75 degrees, but this weekend with temperatures hovering in the 30s, I […]...
Ispahan
Talk pastry and you must mention Pierre Hermé. The Ispahan is one of his signature creations, a startling combination of rose, raspberries and lychees that blend into a sum that is most certainly greater than its parts. It is also one of the most beautiful desserts I’ve seen as well, all shades of pink and […]...
Moonstruck Chocolate Cafe
While driving through Walnut Creek’s posh downtown (where you can see a Pottery Barn next to a Williams-Sonoma next to Restoration Hardware, with a Tiffany’s across the street) this weekend, I stumbled upon a Moonstruck Chocolate Cafe, another addition to the growing number of chocolate-focused stores in the Bay Area. Moonstruck Chocolates is a chocolatier […]...
Chocolate and Beer?
Full disclaimer: I am not a beer expert, or even a regular beer drinker. I am pretty girly-girl in my choice of alcohol – Cosmos and Rieslings, if you please. However, my sweetie is quite the beer aficionado, so when I saw the posting for a Beer and Chocolate Dinner at the Cathedral Hill Hotel […]...
Anita Chu, also known as pastrygirl, is a baker, writer, and photographer with a passion for pastry. She trained at Tante Marie's Cooking School and is the author of Field Guide to Cookies, Field Guide to Candy, and Lollipop Love. Anita lives in San Francisco with her husband, daughter, and dog Max. 
