I was quite excited to get an invitation from the lovely Ivonne to her La Festa al Fresco, especially as summer is fleeing San Francisco as quickly as the ocean fog advances over the hills. If you’ve never been here, it’s an amazing (and inevitable) sight in the afternoon: a solid wall of swirly grey […]...
Bittersweet Chocolate Tartlets
What do you make when you’re invited to a bloggers’ picnic, to be attended by foodies and gourmands from all over the Bay Area? To make things more complicated, I would actually be at work all that day before going to the event, meaning I needed to make something that would have to be finished […]...
A Passion for Ice Cream
A Taste of Sadaharu Aoki
Photographing Vanilla Bean Lemon Cake with Raspberries
Mangos and Macadamias
My current obsession with tropical fruit continues with some gorgeous mangoes I found at market last week. The tropical theme seemed fitting given the scorching weather we’ve been enduring in the Bay Area: days when everything seemed positively drenched in heat, the nights offering little respite. Things came to a crescendo when, one evening at […]...
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. 
