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Raspberry Vanilla Panna Cotta Tarts

Dec 31 by Anita Leave a Comment

Happy end of 2020, and happy beginning of 2021! I made these raspberry vanilla panna cotta tarts to usher in the new year. I know we all couldn’t wait for this year to be over and I’m looking forward to a more hopeful 2021. My last tart this year is an adaption from Helen’s beautiful […]...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: chocolate tart, panna cotta, pie style, raspberry panna cotta tart

Chinese Almond Snickerdoodles + Sweets Box

Dec 18 by Anita Leave a Comment

Happy holidays! These Chinese almond snickerdoodles are part of a sweets box filled with versions of some of my favorite Asian treats. It’s my take on a cookie box this year. Although there are many holiday traditions and activities that we had to take a break from, at least hopefully only until next year, the […]...

Filed Under: Cookies Tagged With: chinese almond cookies, chinese cookies, cookie box, snickerdoodles

Chocolate Dipped Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies

Dec 4 by Anita Leave a Comment

Happy holidays! These chocolate dipped chocolate gingerbread cookies are my take on this classic holiday treat. They’re a perfectly sweet treat to send to family and friends far away this holiday season. I spent a peaceful, wintry-sunlight-lit afternoon over the long weekend making these little guys in my first (and definitely not last) baking session […]...

Filed Under: Cookies Tagged With: chocolate gingerbread, cookies, gingerbread

Chocolate Pecan Tart

Nov 20 by Anita Leave a Comment

This showstopping chocolate pecan tart with a rattan-like decorative pattern is my pick for Thanksgiving dessert this year. It’s one of the many recipes in Helen Nugent’s new book Pie Style, which elevates pie decorating to fine art. Her pies and tarts are almost literally too gorgeous to eat. This is actually one of the […]...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: chocolate pecan tart, pie style, tart

Cranberry Curd and Speculoos Tart

Nov 13 by Anita Leave a Comment

This cranberry curd and speculoos tart is just one of the jaw-droppingly gorgeous creations from Lauren Ko‘s Pieometry, her wonderful new cookbook dedicated to “modern tart art and pie design“. It’s filled with a  delightfully imaginative collection of pies and tarts decorated with intricate, eyecatching patterns and designs. The designs range from simple geometric forms […]...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: cranberry, cranberry curd, pieometry, tart

Garlic Cheesy Monkey Bread

Nov 5 by Anita Leave a Comment

I first made this Garlic Cheesy Monkey Bread from Joanne Chang’s Pastry Love earlier this year when we started shelter in place and I was in serious need of some comfort food, and it turns out that comfort food craving continued as this year kept going. I’d never made a savory version of monkey bread […]...

Filed Under: Breads, Recipes Tagged With: bread, cheesy monkey bread, monkey bread, pastry love

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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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