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Brown Butter Cinnamon Rolls from Pastry Love

Dec 20 by Anita 4 Comments

Happy almost-Christmas! These brown butter cinnamon rolls from Joanne Chang’s new cookbook Pastry Love are on the list for the Christmas morning breakfast menu. They’re one of my favorite recipes from her latest book, and there were a lot of contenders to choose from – I almost earmarked the entire table of contents! If you […]...

Filed Under: Breads, Cookbooks, Pastry, Recipes Tagged With: brioche, brown butter, cinnamon rolls, cookbook review, joanne chang, pastry love

Balsamic Strawberry Brioche Toast

May 7 by Anita 4 Comments

Happy May! I’m making this balsamic strawberry brioche toast as a combination birthday sweet and Mother’s Day treat for myself. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve already been indulged for my birthday and I’m maybe 85% sure there’ll be some kind of breakfast whipped up by daughter this Sunday for Mother’s Day, but that doesn’t mean […]...

Filed Under: Breads, Recipes Tagged With: balsamic vinegar, breakfast, brioche, brunch, strawberry, strawberry brioche toast

Hello Fall: Peach and Brown Sugar Brioche

Sep 24 by Anita 27 Comments

  Happy fall! Although we’ve got all sorts of autumn bounty showing up at the market, apples and pears and figs everywhere, I’ve still got a soft spot for the late harvest peaches. It’s sort of like the weather here right now: tentatively overcast, even a tease of rain, and then a brilliantly warm day […]...

Filed Under: Breads, Recipes Tagged With: brioche, peaches

Apples for Autumn: {Cookbook Review} More From Macrina

Sep 21 by Anita 10 Comments

Thank you to all of you for your well-wishes and e-mails. It means a great deal to me to know there’s so much support coming from all over the web. I go between excited and nervous, often within the space of minutes, and oftentimes simultaneously, so it’s definitely never dull here. I also didn’t mention […]...

Filed Under: Breads, Cookbooks, Recipes, Reviews Tagged With: apple, bakery, brioche, cookbook, macrina, review

{Cookbook Review} Sugar and Spice Brioche Buns: Everything Nice

Mar 8 by Anita 21 Comments

  To see the winners of last week’s Blackboard Eats contest, see the bottom of this post! We’re spoilt for choice of bread in San Francisco, where there’s enough artisan bread bakeries around that not having freshly baked bread with dinner almost seems enough reason to turn in your foodie membership card. I must confess […]...

Filed Under: Breads, Cookbooks, Recipes, Reviews Tagged With: brioche, flour, joanne chang, spice, sugar

World Bread Day: Brioche

Oct 16 by Anita 20 Comments

Kochtopf kindly brought it to our attention that today is World Bread Day – surely no baker could let this day go by without a tribute to the staff of life? While I have a deep reverence for the magic that can be spun out of just flour, yeast, water, and salt, I admit I […]...

Filed Under: Breads, Events, Recipes Tagged With: brioche, world bread day


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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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