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Rose Raspberry Lychee Parfaits

Feb 14 by Anita 3 Comments

Happy Valentine’s Day! These rose raspberry lychee parfaits are inspired by my recent trip to Hong Kong, where this flavor combination seemed to pop up everywhere. I shared some of my favorite finds in my last post, but there were so many other places I didn’t get to mention that they’re spilling over into this […]...

Filed Under: Asia, Custards, Fruit, Pastry, Recipes, Travel Tagged With: chocolate, hong kong, lychee, parfait, raspberry, rose, travel, valentine's day

Raspberry White Chocolate Brownie Heart

Mar 1 by Anita 4 Comments

I’m catching up on past baking projects from last month. First off, was it cliché to make a brownie in the shape of a heart for Valentine’s Day? What about a raspberry white chocolate brownie in the shape of a heart? My excuse is that I’ve never owned a heart shaped pan until recently. I’ve […]...

Filed Under: Cakes, Chocolate, Recipes Tagged With: brownie, heart, raspberry, valentine's day, white chocolate

{Review}: PastryNow Raspberry Tart Kit

Jan 15 by Anita 1 Comment

Although baking (and this blog) are a big part of my life, there are days when I just don’t have the motivation to bake. When time and energy (or lack thereof) make me want to have something sweet now, instead of having to go through the effort of making it. Lucky for me I was […]...

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: baking kit, pastry now, raspberry, review, tart

Dessert First + Alessi: Raspberry Hazelnut Frangipane Tartlets

May 23 by Anita Leave a Comment

  raspberry frangipane tartlets and petnic It’s almost Memorial Day weekend, and I hope you all have picnics and barbecues and welcome-to-summer festivities awaiting you! In honor of the holiday, I thought this new piece from Alessi’s spring/summer collection, PetNic, fit the summer theme perfectly....

Filed Under: Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: Alessi, frangipane, hazelnut, petnic, raspberry, tart

A Valentine from Me and Driscoll’s

Feb 8 by Anita 8 Comments

Three weeks into motherhood and I’ve noticed how time has taken on a particularly elastic quality. I spend literally the entire day at home: I’ll go through several rinse-and-repeat cycles of feeding, changing, and lulling baby to sleep, and yet somehow it’s always a surprise to look outside and see the sky darkening already. Has […]...

Filed Under: Chocolate, Fruit, Ice Cream, Recipes Tagged With: almond, berry, chocolate, driscoll's, hazelnut, raspberry, semifreddo, valentine's day

1 + 1 =

Sep 10 by Anita 34 Comments

Things have slowed down here a bit here lately on the site. The reasons are myriad: summer vacation distractions, working on sated magazine issue #2, but really there’s one main reason I haven’t been able to show up as often as I like. I’ll let Snickers help me make the announcement:...

Filed Under: Cookies, Personal, Recipes Tagged With: baby, blitz puff, life, palmiers, pastry, raspberry

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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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