These fancy mini tourtières are perfect for the wintry, rainy, blustery weather we’re still having. Don’t be misled by their name or elaborate appearance, they’re essentially meat pies with a savory filling encased in buttery, flaky pie dough. The tourtière is a French-Canadian dish, and gets its name from the French tourte (incidentally, here’s a […]...
Holiday Pinwheel Cookies
These holiday pinwheel cookies have become my daughter Isabelle’s favorite new way to celebrate the season. We made these cookies over the weekend, and now I have a plate of them next to me as I’m wrapping presents and writing Christmas cards. What more festive way to welcome the holidays? I made these cookies as […]...
Honey Cheesecake with Fall Fruit
Hello dear readers and happy fall! This honey cheesecake piled high with some of my favorite fruits of the season is my way of saying farewell fo summer. Apologies for my absence but has life suddenly gotten really, really busy again? Although the winter months are nearing, it feels like things are springing back to […]...
Olallieberry Tart with Chocolate Frangipane
This olallieberry tart with chocolate frangipane is a my latest way to celebrate berry picking season. We’ve gone berry picking almost every summer, and it’s always a challenge each year to come up with some new way to use our bounty before it gets eaten up. This time, I was inspired by Maja Vase‘s blackberry […]...
Brown Butter Peach Tourte
This brown butter peach tourte, or tart, from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi perfectly captures the essence of summer. It’s hard to top biting directly into a velvety ripe peach on a sunny afternoon, but if you can hoard a few away for later, this tart is absolutely worth the effort, I promise. Click […]...
Ombre Cherry Tart
It’s cherry season, and I made this ombre cherry tart to celebrate. There’s actually quite a lot of things to celebrate besides cherries: the end of school, the advent of summer, making plans to see friends and family, and of course all that beautiful summer produce to bake with in the kitchen. Click here to […]...
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. 
