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{Giveaway} minted holiday cards

Dec 11 by Anita

The giveaway is now closed. Thanks for visiting! Is everyone in the full swing of the holidays? I want to say I am, but in actuality I spent much of last weekend trying to finish off the new nursery, and writing thank-you notes for the baby shower. Right after I finished the last thank-you note, […]...

Filed Under: Giveaways Tagged With: giveaway, minted

{Cookbook Review} ‘Tis the Time for Better Nutter Butters

Dec 3 by Anita 11 Comments

Happy December! Hope you had a good Thanksgiving holiday!...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Cookies, Recipes, Reviews Tagged With: bakery, bouchon, cookbook, cookies, nutter butters, peanut butter, review

Sated Issue 2 is Almost Here!

Nov 21 by Anita 4 Comments

Hello dear readers, Hope you are all ready for the holiday season to begin! Stephanie of Desserts for Breakfast and I have a happy announcement to kick things off: the second issue of sated is just about ready to hit the printers! We’re excited to share the (double) theme of issue 2: Flours and Flowers. […]...

Filed Under: Personal, Recipes, Sated Tagged With: sated

A Malasada Experiment

Nov 13 by Anita 27 Comments

One of the things about social media is that at any given time someone in your social circle is doing something fun. I’ve noticed that no matter what time of year it is, there always seems to be someone in my Facebook feed going to Hawaii. Maybe it’s self-selection; after all, I live on the […]...

Filed Under: Breads, Recipes Tagged With: hawaii, malasada

Pumpkin Twinkies for Halloween

Oct 30 by Anita 19 Comments

Well, a little good news for me and for the blog: my sweet tooth has returned! It was truly disconcerting not craving sweets for a while (although I’m sure my doctor was happy), but I found myself wanting dessert again in the last few weeks, just in time for Halloween! Actually, I have a dentist’s […]...

Filed Under: Cakes, Recipes Tagged With: halloween, pumpkin, twinkies

Now for Something a Little Different

Oct 22 by Anita 4 Comments

I’m working on a full-size post (with Halloween around the corner, is everyone automatically thinking of candy in “full size” and “fun size”? and how when you were a kid, you always knew which houses gave away the full size candy bars on Halloween night?), but in the meantime here’s a little update....

Filed Under: Cakes, Cookbooks, Recipes Tagged With: cake, chocolate, lucky peach

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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, daughter, and dog Max. More about pastrygirl

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