A Wedding Mini-Recap
Hi All, It's Labor Day weekend and I'm in Kansas City having a second wedding reception with Husband's relatives and close friends. Apparently … Read More...
{SF} Summer in a Jar
Summer in a jar indeed: Blue Chair Fruit's lovely jams at the Eat Real Festival in Oakland. I took home a jar of Black Mission Fig, although the … Read More...
Late Summer Rhapsody in Rhubarb
I learned something new last week - rhubarb season can persist well into summer and sometimes early fall. It's interesting because rhubarb is so … Read More...
{Weekend Break}: Sweet Things from the San Francisco Street Food Fest
Peach Basil Madeleines from Knead Bakery Knead Bakery at Local Mission Eatery 3111 24th St San Francisco, CA 94110 Gobs (Whoopie Pies) … Read More...
A Slice of Memory
Entering a Chinese bakery is more a ritual of the expected than an exercise in novelty. No matter where the bakery is, whether deep in Hong Kong or in … Read More...
{Sweet San Francisco} Pacific Puffs: Things I Find Hard to Resist
1. Two really sweet and friendly brothers offering up cream puffs made to an old family recipe. 2. Gorgeous, cumulus-cloud cream puffs with … Read More...
{Sweet San Francisco}: Samovar Tea and Truffle Tasting
Truffles by Charles Chocolates with ganaches of Valrhona, Amano, Theo, to name a few... paired with teas from Samovar Tea Lounge. A perfectly … Read More...
{SF} Summer in Soft Focus
Like fairy footsteps in the snow - the candied violet ice cream at Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous. Mr. & Mrs. Miscellaneous 699 22nd Street San … Read More...
{Cookbook Review} Summer, Simply
Continuing with my efforts to review all these lovely cookbooks piled up on my kitchen table/bookshelf/nightstand...This particular tome was an easy … Read More...
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. 
