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Best Baking Cookbooks of 2018

Dec 4 by Anita 2 Comments

Time for one of my favorite posts of the year – compiling my list of best baking cookbooks of 2018. The only problem with this task is that it usually ends up becoming my own wish list! Due to serious bookshelf overflow at our house, I’m forced to consider all my cookbook acquisitions very carefully. […]...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Reviews Tagged With: best baking cookbooks, best baking cookbooks of 2018, cookbook, cookbook review, review, roundup

Apple Meringue Crumb Cake

Oct 17 by Anita 2 Comments

The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting crisper, and fall baking season is fully underway.  I’ve spent the last few weekends baking various things with apples because it just feels so properly autumnal, and also because Isabelle, at four and half, declared herself capable of learning how to peel apples. She was right; with the proper […]...

Filed Under: Cakes, Cookbooks, Fruit, Recipes Tagged With: apple, apple meringue cake, cake, cookbook, review, traditional jewish baking

{San Francisco}: Farallon Celebrates 20 Years

Sep 25 by Anita 1 Comment

    photo courtesy of Farallon. Twenty years after its opening, Farallon remains one of San Francisco’s most famous and celebrated restaurants.  Farallon holds a special place in my heart; it’s one of the first “grownup” dining experiences I had after graduating college and starting my first job in the city. As restaurants go, Farallon is undoubtedly sui generis; entering […]...

Filed Under: San Francisco, Sweet Spots Tagged With: farallon, restaurant, review, san francisco, seafood

{San Francisco}: Eat Drink SF 2017

Sep 6 by Anita 1 Comment

photo courtesy of Gamma Nine Eat Drink SF 2017,  the ultimate celebration of Bay Area food, wine, and spirits, is my favorite way to close out summer. Over 130 Bay Area restaurants, along with over 70 bars, wineries, and distilleries served up a feast of bites at Fort Mason for four days of tasting sessions, demonstrations, classes, and […]...

Filed Under: Events, San Francisco, SF Events Tagged With: eat drink sf, event, festival, restaurant, review, san francisco

Italian Cherry Tart and Nonna Box Review

Jan 19 by Anita 4 Comments

It’s way past Christmas but I still feel like I’m opening presents. Shortly before the end of last year I was gifted a delivery from Nonna Box: a subscription box full of gourmet foodstuffs from Italy. Every month a different area of Italy is featured; in December sweet treats from Marche, a region on the eastern coast […]...

Filed Under: Pastry, Recipes, Reviews, Tarts Tagged With: cherry, crostata, italian baking, italy, nonna box, pastry cream, review, tart

Best Baking Cookbooks of 2016

Dec 7 by Anita 2 Comments

Happy December! It’s time for one of my favorite posts of the year: my picks for best baking cookbooks of 2016 ! I’ve just returned from a couple weeks out of town – visiting family in the Midwest over Thanksgiving weekend and then flying immediately afterwards to Honduras for work meant not much time for […]...

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about pastrygirl

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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