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Happy Holidays!

Dec 24 by Anita 1 Comment

Happy Monday! I hope you are all enjoying the holidays with your family and loved ones. It’s been ridiculously rainy and windy here – it won’t be a white Christmas here, but it’ll probably be a wet one....

Filed Under: Cookies, Recipes, Sated Tagged With: cookies, holiday, sated

{Cookbook Review} ‘Tis the Time for Better Nutter Butters

Dec 3 by Anita 11 Comments

Happy December! Hope you had a good Thanksgiving holiday!...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Cookies, Recipes, Reviews Tagged With: bakery, bouchon, cookbook, cookies, nutter butters, peanut butter, review

Prepare to Get Sated

Apr 30 by Anita 174 Comments

Dear readers, It’s been a little while since my last cookbook was published. Some of my friends have been asking me what my next project would be, and I’m so excited to finally be able to announce it to the world: I have been collaborating with Stephanie of the beautiful Desserts for Breakfast to create […]...

Filed Under: Chocolate, Cookies, Recipes, Sated Tagged With: chocolate, cookies, raspberry, sables, sated

{Cookbook Review} Cookie Time: Linzer Cookies and A Slew of Cookie Cookbooks

Dec 5 by Anita 13 Comments

Happy December! Thanks to all who entered the Teacake Bake Shop giveaway. The winner of the cookie sampler, chosen at random, is: Reader #10, Amy! Congratulations and hope you enjoy! For everyone else, no need for sadness, as we are entering the prime cookie-baking season of the year. My fab friend Annelies just threw a […]...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Cookies, Recipes, Reviews Tagged With: art of the cookie, cookbook, cookies, culinary institute america, linzer, momofuku milk bar, one sweet cookie, review

Apple, Pecan, and Cinnamon Crumble Bars

Sep 2 by Anita 18 Comments

Thanks to all my readers for your well-wishes – it’s been a hectic, topsy-turvy couple of weeks but we are starting to get settled into our new home and we love it! It’s no surprise, is it, that the first area to get organized was the kitchen? This is going to be a mini-digest of […]...

Filed Under: Cookies, Fruit, Recipes Tagged With: apple, bars, cinnamon, cookies, crumble

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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, daughter, and dog Max. More about pastrygirl

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