What’s this photo doing up there? Well, lovely readers, I just couldn’t wait any longer to share this with all of you! This is the cover (currently, anyways – no guarantees until it’s actually out!) of my very first cookbook!! It’s called Field Guide to Cookies and it’s a collection of over 100 cookies from […]...
Olallieberry Season
The end of June has somehow magically vanished into the beginning of July, both in real life and on this blog. That must have been a doozy of a July 4th celebration for me…actually, it was a classic “San Francisco 4th of July”, meaning the waterfront was so densely covered in fog that we couldn’t […]...
Daring Bakers Challenge – Danish Delight
Just when I was falling into a breakfast rut and getting tired of the usual cereal or granola for breakfast, along comes the monthly Daring Bakers Challenge to fill my table with Danishes. Thanks to Kelly of Sass and Veracity and Ben of What’s Cookin’?, and an excellent recipe for Danish dough, I am now […]...
Frosty Relief for a Hot Summer’s Day
You know what’s really fun on a hot, sweltering, summer’s day? Licking a blissfully chilly popsicle down to the smooth wooden stick, racing to finish it before it all melts down your chin. You know what’s really not fun on a hot, blistering, summer’s day? Trying to take photos of these popsicles before they melt […]...
Thinking about Pastry School?
June has been quite the whirlwind – I feel like someone's put my life into a KitchenAid and turned it on high. Obligations and distractions abound, all conspiring to keep me out of the kitchen. I made some frozen yogurt popsicles last week and I still haven't managed to get a post written about them. […]...
An Abundance of Apricots
Roasted Apricot Cinnamon Sugar Tartlets Sometimes it's hard to figure out what to make. Sometimes I suffer from a surfeit of suggestions, unable to settle on just one idea, other times it's the dreaded blank slate, when everything seems either too simple or too difficult or too not my style or not my flavors […]...
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. 
