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 … Read More...
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 … Read More...
An Abundance of Apricots
Roasted Apricot Cinnamon Sugar TartletsSometimes it's hard to figure out what to make. Sometimes I suffer from a surfeit of suggestions, … Read More...
Chocolate Malt Memories
Because I didn't have enough fun making an opera cake for Daring Bakers, I went for another layered, multi-component cake last week. … Read More...
The Opera Cake Goes Lemon and Lavender
When the hosts of the month for Daring Bakers are none other than the intrepid founders themselves, Ivonne and Lis, you know it will be … Read More...
Strawberry Mango Verrine
Apologies for my absence last week - I was working on a post that hasn't quite come together yet. Perhaps the brief heat wave we had was partly to … Read More...
Strawberries For the Birthday Girl
There are so many things I love about spring: longer, sunnier days, which means I can finally hang up my scarves and wool coats; flowers blooming … Read More...
Pandan Cheesecake Pops – An Alluring New Flavor
Elle of Feeding My Enthusiasms and Deborah of Taste and Tell, two blogs I totally adore, picked something quite playful and adorable for this month’s … Read More...
For Love of Lychees
When I visited Amai Tea House in New York, one of their treats I sampled besides their tea cookies was a moist lychee brownie. The brownie was … 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. 
