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Fancy Mini Tourtières (French-Canadian Meat Pies)

Mar 10 by Anita Leave a Comment

These fancy mini tourtières are perfect for the wintry, rainy, blustery weather we’re still having. Don’t be misled by their name or elaborate appearance, they’re essentially meat pies with a savory filling encased in buttery, flaky pie dough. The tourtière is a French-Canadian dish, and gets its name from the French tourte (incidentally, here’s a […]...

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cookbook, meat pie, pie, pie decorating, tourtiere

{Sweet San Francisco}: Best Pies in SF (and a bit beyond)

Nov 25 by Anita 22 Comments

  Although the Bay Area has been enjoying a renaissance of fancy pastry classics like croissants, macarons, and kouign amann, it also has a soft spot for the simpler sweets, like pie. Pie San Francisco style usually means handcrafted with the the best, locally sourced ingredients, original takes on traditional flavors, and, of course, a […]...

Filed Under: San Francisco, Sweet Spots Tagged With: bay area, chile pies, mission pie, pie, pietisserie, san francisco, sponsored, sweet san francisco, sweet spots, tartine, three babes

{Giveaway} My Pie in Pieography

Feb 26 by Anita 101 Comments

I’m excited to announce the release of Pieography: Where Pie Meets Biography by WWC Press. As the title implies, it’s a collection of pie recipes both sweet and savory from 39 women who love food – myself included! I was approached by WWC to contribute a pie recipe and an essay that explored how this […]...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Giveaways, My Books Tagged With: cookbook, giveaway, pie, pieography

Happy Pie Day: The “I Heart Summer” Pie

Jul 4 by Anita 16 Comments

Hello all, hope you had a great Fourth of July! Today is Pie Day in the blogosphere, if you didn’t get the announcement. Everyone has been invited to bake pie – any pie, and write/photograph/tweet/blog about it. So if you see a great deal of pie on the internet today, I hope it entices you […]...

Filed Under: Events, Fruit, Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: lemon verbena, pie, pie day, strawberry


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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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