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Black Forest Popsicles

Jun 2 by Anita 18 Comments

We’ve been having serious summer envy over here – while it seems like sunshine and blue skies are everywhere else, the bay area is experiencing its usual May grey and June gloom. I’ve been desperate for summer to get started!...

Filed Under: Ice Cream, Recipes Tagged With: Alessi, black forest, cherry, chocolate, ice cream, popsicle, rodelle, vanilla

Black Bottom Chocolate and Vanilla Creme Brûlée for Valentine’s Day

Feb 11 by Anita 29 Comments

It’s our third Valentine’s Day as parents. (I almost wrote second but I did some counting back and corrected myself – parenthood does a number on your math skills and sense of time!) We should be experienced hands at juggling life and baby and dog and us, right? Sort of? We did remember to make […]...

Filed Under: Chocolate, Custards, Recipes Tagged With: Alessi, chocolate, creme brulee, heart, rodelle, valentine's day, vanilla

Dessert First + Alessi: Chocolate Namelaka and Orange Blossom Cream

May 30 by Anita 9 Comments

chocolate namelaka with orange blossom cream, cookie crumbles, and cocoa nibs I hope you’ve enjoyed my monthlong collaboration with Alessi. It’s been truly inspiring to get to work with some of their pieces – not to mention they’ve been making my place look that much lovelier too! I have a newfound appreciation for the pleasure […]...

Filed Under: Chocolate, Recipes Tagged With: Alessi, chocolate, dressed, guittard, namelaka

Dessert First + Alessi: Raspberry Hazelnut Frangipane Tartlets

May 23 by Anita Leave a Comment

  raspberry frangipane tartlets and petnic It’s almost Memorial Day weekend, and I hope you all have picnics and barbecues and welcome-to-summer festivities awaiting you! In honor of the holiday, I thought this new piece from Alessi’s spring/summer collection, PetNic, fit the summer theme perfectly....

Filed Under: Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: Alessi, frangipane, hazelnut, petnic, raspberry, tart

Dessert First + Alessi: Olive Oil Cake with Roasted Peaches

May 16 by Anita 2 Comments

Olive Oil Cake and Caccia cake server on the Quattro muri e due case tray When I was asked to pick which Alessi pieces I would like to work with, I faced an overwhelming catalog of riches to choose from. Alessi has over 90 years of history and has objects in every size, in a […]...

Filed Under: Cakes, Fruit, Recipes Tagged With: Alessi, cake, olive oil, peaches, summer

Dessert First + Alessi: Roasted Strawberry and Marshmallow Ice Cream

May 9 by Anita 2 Comments

Strawberry and Marshmallow Ice Cream in Alessi Big Love Hello! I’m excited to announce a collaboration between Dessert First and Alessi for the month of May: four recipes by me, photographed in some of Alessi’s beautiful and distinctive pieces. This partnership came about a couple months when I was invited to preview some of Alessi’s […]...

Filed Under: Ice Cream, Recipes Tagged With: Alessi, almond, Big Love, ice cream, praline, strawberry


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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, baby girl, and rescue cockapoo Snickerdoodle. More about pastrygirl

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