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Mar 20

Sakura Strawberry Cream Puffs

Sakura Strawberry Cream Puffs

Happy Spring! These sakura strawberry cream puffs are a beautiful welcome to my favorite season! Click here to jump to recipe I hope you are … Read More...

Jan 20

Chinese New Year Cotton Cheesecake (Year of the Rat)

Japanese Cheesecake Flatlay CNY

  The lunar new year is on January 25, and I'm celebrating the Year the Rat with some cheesecake. Namely, Japanese style cotton cheesecake … Read More...

Dec 23

Totoro Cookie Box

Totoro Cookie Box Flatlay

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all my readers! Thanks for visiting my site and for all the lovely comments you leave here and on my social … Read More...

Dec 20

Brown Butter Cinnamon Rolls from Pastry Love

Pastry Love Cinnamon Roll Flatlay

Happy almost-Christmas! These brown butter cinnamon rolls from Joanne Chang's new cookbook Pastry Love are on the list for the Christmas morning … Read More...

Nov 21

Matcha Creme Brulee Tarts from Tartine

Matcha Creme Brulee Tart

These matcha creme brulee tarts from Tartine's latest cookbook are gorgeous and capture everything I love about this landmark San Francisco bakery: … Read More...

Oct 23

Apple Butter Linzer Cookies

Apple Linzer Cookies Fall Flatlay

Among the many things I made with my apple picking haul were some apple butter linzer cookies. These spiced cookies really capture the epitome of … Read More...

Oct 4

Autumn Apple Hand Pies

Apple Turnover Flatlay

These cute little autumn apple hand pies are some of the happy products of a dreamy weekend spent in the apple orchards. We took Isabelle on her first … Read More...

Sep 23

Stone Fruit Pavlova with Guava Curd

Stone Fruit Pavlova top

This stone fruit pavlova with guava curd is the perfect farewell to summer, and welcome to fall. What with the crazy abundance of stone fruit right … Read More...

Sep 12

Homemade Snow Skin Mooncakes

Snow Skin Mooncakes Nine

It's Mid-Autumn Festival on September 13, and I made homemade snow skin mooncakes for the first time! This is the very first time I've ever made … Read More...

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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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