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Archives for August 2010

{SF} Summer in a Jar

Aug 31 by Anita Leave a Comment

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....

Filed Under: East Bay, San Francisco, Tools Tagged With: jam, oakland

Late Summer Rhapsody in Rhubarb

Aug 25 by Anita 15 Comments

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 […]...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Fruit, Recipes, Tarts

{Weekend Break}: Sweet Things from the San Francisco Street Food Fest

Aug 23 by Anita Leave a Comment

Peach Basil Madeleines from Knead Bakery Knead Bakery at Local Mission Eatery 3111 24th St San Francisco, CA 94110 Gobs (Whoopie Pies) from Gobba Gobba Hey Lemon Cookie Ice Cream and Roasted Peach Ice Cream from Three Twins...

Filed Under: Events, San Francisco, Sweet Spots, Sweet Spots Tagged With: gobba gobba hey, ice cream, knead bakery, san francisco, street food fest, three twins

A Slice of Memory

Aug 11 by Anita 24 Comments

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 […]...

Filed Under: Cakes, Cookbooks, Recipes

{Sweet San Francisco} Pacific Puffs: Things I Find Hard to Resist

Aug 8 by Anita Leave a Comment

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. […]...

Filed Under: San Francisco, Sweet Spots, Sweet Spots Tagged With: cream puffs, pacific puffs, san francisco

{Sweet San Francisco}: Samovar Tea and Truffle Tasting

Aug 3 by Anita Leave a Comment

Truffles by Charles Chocolates with ganaches of Valrhona, Amano, Theo, to name a few… paired with teas from Samovar Tea Lounge. A perfectly decadent afternoon. P.S. Here’s a list of the truffle and tea pairings....

Filed Under: San Francisco, Sweet Spots, Sweet Spots Tagged With: charles chocolates, chocolate, samovar, san francisco, tea

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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. More about pastrygirl

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