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Alice Medrich’s Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Mar 27 by Anita 8 Comments

Happy Easter! I took opportunity of the occasion to try out another recipe from one of my current bookshelf must-haves, Alice Medrich’s Flavor Flours. The hubby had marked the particularly tempting Carrot Spice Cake for my list to Things He’d Like Me to Make, so I pulled out the carrots and cake pans to give […]...

Filed Under: Cakes, Cookbooks, Recipes Tagged With: alice medrich, cake, carrot, cream cheese, easter, flavor flours, frosting

{Cookbook Review}: Alice Medrich’s Flavor Flours

Jan 15 by Anita 28 Comments

If you read my baking roundup in December, you might have noted that I gushed briefly about Alice Medrich’s newest cookbook but promised a longer followup. Here it is, my review of her latest cookbook, Flavor Flours: A New Way to Bake with Teff, Buckwheat, Sorghum, Other Whole & Ancient Grains, Nuts & Non-Wheat Flours […]...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Cookies, Recipes, Reviews Tagged With: alice medrich, chocolate chip cookies, cookbook, flavor flour, gluten free, review

{Chocolate Review}: How to Bake with Craft Chocolate – Intensely Bittersweet Chocolate Souffle

Oct 29 by Anita 57 Comments

Happy (day after) National Chocolate Day! I’ve been getting plenty of intriguing new chocolate to keep me occupied – perhaps it’s a good thing I have a baby to prevent me from eating it all at once! I was recently contacted by Bar & Bean, a new online shop for small-batch craft chocolate from around […]...

Filed Under: Chocolate, Chocolate, Cookbooks, Giveaways, Recipes, Reviews, Sweet Spots Tagged With: alice medrich, bar & bean, chocolate, seriously bittersweet, souffle

{Cookbook Review}: Alice Medrich’s Sinfully Easy Desserts

Jul 9 by Anita 11 Comments

When a great deal of your personal and professional life revolves around baking, you forget how much of the vernacular you’ve absorbed over time. When I taught a few enthusiast classes at Tante Marie’s, it was a reminder of how easy it is to take all I’d learned in pastry school and over the years […]...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Fruit, Recipes, Reviews Tagged With: alice medrich, balsamic, cherries, cookbook, review, sinfully easy desserts

{Cookbook Review} I’m Back! With Apricot Lemon Hazelnut Bars

Jun 15 by Anita 18 Comments

Hello all! I’m back from a 12 day Mediterranean cruise – Rome to Venice, with a bunch of Greek isles in between. I finally got to tick quite a few places off my travel wish list; I’m eager to share a recap with you in the next few weeks! But first, thanks for your patience […]...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Cookies, Recipes, Reviews Tagged With: alice medrich, apricot, bars, chewy gooey crispy crunchy, cookbook, hazelnut, lemon, review

Going on Vacation + No Pictures Won’t Stop A Giveaway!

May 28 by Anita 85 Comments

The giveaway is now closed. Thanks for visiting! Growing pains that come from moving and expanding your blog…unavoidable, and a neverending challenge. I currently am having some issues with getting images to appear correctly on this site, which sorts of renders a food blog a little pointless, no? While I’m sure (hopeful?) the answer is […]...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Giveaways Tagged With: alice medrich, chewy gooey crispy crunchy, giveaway


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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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