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Driscoll’s and Roasted Strawberry Ice Cream

May 14 by Anita 5 Comments

Thanks to all of you and your support of sated magazine! As a reminder, there are couple days left in the giveaway to win a free copy of the first issue. We will also be announcing pre-order information very soon, so please keep checking back! I apologize for the late post; what with trying to […]...

Filed Under: Cookies, Fruit, Ice Cream, Recipes, San Francisco, SF Events Tagged With: berry, driscoll's, ice cream, pizzelles, strawberry

Pandan and Coconut: Snapshots from Vietnam

Mar 19 by Anita 13 Comments

Apologies for not posting last week, as I was getting ready to teach a cookie class at Tante Marie’s and prepping for the 2012 SF Blogger Bake Sale announcement. As amends, I hope you enjoy the extra-abundance of photos in this post, where I share a few snapshots from my trip to Vietnam. While I […]...

Filed Under: Asia, Candy, Ice Cream, Personal, Recipes, Travel Tagged With: cashew brittle, coconut, ice cream, pandan, travel, vietnam

{Sweet San Francisco}: My Favorite Ice Cream Shops in San Francisco

Aug 5 by Anita 9 Comments

Typical menu board at Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous. Flavors change daily – another incentive to visit often. By popular request and in an attempt to populate the “San Francisco” tab on my site, I’ve created a list of my favorite ice cream spots in San Francisco. Of course, I started this last week when it […]...

Filed Under: Reviews, San Francisco, Sweet Spots, Sweet Spots Tagged With: bi-rite creamery, fention's, gelateria naia, humphry slocombe, ice cream, ici, marco polo, mitchell's, mr mrs miscellaneous, san francisco, tara's organic, three twins

{Weekend Break}: Sweet Things from the San Francisco Street Food Fest

Aug 23 by Anita Leave a Comment

Peach Basil Madeleines from Knead Bakery Knead Bakery at Local Mission Eatery 3111 24th St San Francisco, CA 94110 Gobs (Whoopie Pies) from Gobba Gobba Hey Lemon Cookie Ice Cream and Roasted Peach Ice Cream from Three Twins...

Filed Under: Events, San Francisco, Sweet Spots, Sweet Spots Tagged With: gobba gobba hey, ice cream, knead bakery, san francisco, street food fest, three twins

{SF} Summer in Soft Focus

Aug 1 by Anita Leave a Comment

Like fairy footsteps in the snow – the candied violet ice cream at Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous. Mr. & Mrs. Miscellaneous 699 22nd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 415-970-0750...

Filed Under: San Francisco, Sweet Spots Tagged With: ice cream

{SF} Ice Cream Tour, Stop 3

Jun 13 by Anita Leave a Comment

Salvation on a sweltering summer day at Tara’s Organic Ice Cream: Black sesame ice cream, nutty and fragrant. Not pictured but equally ambrosial: strawberry rose ice cream, like tasting a garden in full bloom. Tara’s Organic Ice Cream 3173 College Ave Berkeley, CA 94705 (510) 655-5014...

Filed Under: San Francisco, Sweet Spots Tagged With: ice cream

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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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