{SF} Treats in the Tendernob
Tendernob's a little sweeter with the addition of Hooker's Sweet Treats and their gloriously chewy-soft caramels dipped in dark chocolate and dusted … Read More...
Always Room for Chocolate (and Shortbread)
Sometimes it seems like the Bay Area is ground zero for chocoholics: new local artisan chocolatiers popping up every month, whole stores dedicated to … Read More...
The Perfect Finish: The Twix Tart
Among my backlog of posts to finish are a bunch of cookbook reviews (I swear, the only thing that seems to multiply faster in my place than dust … Read More...
Food and Light: Best Workshop Ever
I've been playing hooky from work and blogging the last few days to enjoy bucketfuls of sunshine, outrageously good food, and the company of some … Read More...
{Product Review} A Pocketful of Peaches
Like many a baker, gadgets are my Achilles heel. And I've noticed that all the cooking stores are getting better and better at pumping out cute little … Read More...
{SF} Wall of Cupcakes
Cupcake display at Cako. Very modern pop-art-ish. The lemon raspberry cupcake was a winner. Cako 211 O'Farrell Street San Francisco, CA … Read More...
{SF} Ice Cream Tour, Stop 3
Salvation on a sweltering summer day at Tara's Organic Ice Cream: Black sesame ice cream, nutty and fragrant. Not pictured but equally ambrosial: … Read More...
{SF} Ice Cream Tour, Stop 2
Bacon peanut brittle at that most avant-garde of ice cream parlors in SF, Humphry Slocombe. The szechuan strawberry sorbet left our mouths pleasantly … Read More...
{SF} Ice Cream Tour, Stop 1
New ice cream store in Dogpatch with a tongue-teaser of a name: Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous. Highly recommend the Chocolate Malt Crunch with Valrhona … 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. 
