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Garlic Cheesy Monkey Bread

Nov 5 by Anita Leave a Comment

I first made this Garlic Cheesy Monkey Bread from Joanne Chang’s Pastry Love earlier this year when we started shelter in place and I was in serious need of some comfort food, and it turns out that comfort food craving continued as this year kept going. I’d never made a savory version of monkey bread […]...

Filed Under: Breads, Recipes Tagged With: bread, cheesy monkey bread, monkey bread, pastry love

Parmesan Chive Scones

Apr 1 by Anita 1 Comment

These parmesan chive scones from Pastry Love by Joanne Chang are my perfect savory scone. While I have a pile of sweet recipes to try, sometimes I need something non-sweet to cut through the all the sugary treats. These scones are wonderfully rich and fluffy, cheesy and slightly peppery, and ideal for the bread basket […]...

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Chinese New Year Cotton Cheesecake (Year of the Rat)

Jan 20 by Anita 4 Comments

  The lunar new year is on January 25, and I’m celebrating the Year the Rat with some cheesecake. Namely, Japanese style cotton cheesecake adapted from Joanne Chang’s Pastry Love. Coincidentally, this recipe appeared in the New York Times around the time I was contemplating making it so maybe we were on the same wavelength! […]...

Filed Under: Cakes, Cookbooks, Recipes Tagged With: cheesecake, chinese new year, cookbook, cotton cheesecake, japanese cheesecake, pastry love

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


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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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