This chocolate hazelnut galette des rois is a spin on the classic almond galette des rois. Galette des rois, or “King Cake” is a classic French pastry that is served during Epiphany, or Twelfth Night. This cake is traditionally composed of layers of puff pastry filled with an almond frangipane. However, over the years the […]...
Autumn Apple Hand Pies
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 apple picking experience and she loved it. Like most weekend apple picking visitors, we got carried away and brought home way more apples than we intended. Fortunately, […]...
Apple Pomegranate Galette à la Chez Panisse
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post in partnership with TripAdvisor. All opinions in this post are my own. Whenever I travel, one of my first questions is always, “Where are we going to eat?” The meal part of any of my travel itineraries is usually the first to be filled out, and usually the most […]...
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An Abundance of Apricots
Roasted Apricot Cinnamon Sugar Tartlets Sometimes it's hard to figure out what to make. Sometimes I suffer from a surfeit of suggestions, unable to settle on just one idea, other times it's the dreaded blank slate, when everything seems either too simple or too difficult or too not my style or not my flavors […]...
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. 
