Summer in a jar indeed: Blue Chair Fruit‘s lovely jams at the Eat Real Festival in Oakland. I took home a jar of Black Mission Fig, although the Strawberry-Pink Peppercorn was calling my name as well....
Archives for August 2010
Late Summer Rhapsody in Rhubarb
I learned something new last week – rhubarb season can persist well into summer and sometimes early fall. It’s interesting because rhubarb is so strongly tied to a single season – spring – that seeing the near-fuschia-hued stalks at the market threw me off-kilter for a moment. Hadn’t rhubarb already come and gone? Well, apparently […]...
{Weekend Break}: Sweet Things from the San Francisco Street Food Fest
A Slice of Memory
Entering a Chinese bakery is more a ritual of the expected than an exercise in novelty. No matter where the bakery is, whether deep in Hong Kong or in an overseas Chinatown, regardless of whether it’s part of a big chain or a one-off store, customers will always expect a certain repertoire: steaming barbecue pork […]...
{Sweet San Francisco} Pacific Puffs: Things I Find Hard to Resist
1. Two really sweet and friendly brothers offering up cream puffs made to an old family recipe. 2. Gorgeous, cumulus-cloud cream puffs with perfectly soft choux shells and satiny-rich fillings of vanilla, chocolate, or peanut butter (the weekend special). My friend and I polished all of these off – it wasn’t difficult, I assure you. […]...
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, baby girl, and rescue cockapoo Snickerdoodle. 
