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{Cookbook Review}: 2012 Baking Cookbook Roundup

Dec 19 by Anita 5 Comments

Thanks to all who entered the minted giveaway! The winner, chosen by random number generator, is:...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Reviews Tagged With: baked explorations, best baking cookbooks 2012, bouchon, bread, cookbook, elements of dessert, gluten free sugar free baking, review, simply sensational cookies, sweet cream and sugar cones, taste

{Cookbook Review} ‘Tis the Time for Better Nutter Butters

Dec 3 by Anita 11 Comments

Happy December! Hope you had a good Thanksgiving holiday!...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Cookies, Recipes, Reviews Tagged With: bakery, bouchon, cookbook, cookies, nutter butters, peanut butter, review

Apples for Autumn: {Cookbook Review} More From Macrina

Sep 21 by Anita 10 Comments

Thank you to all of you for your well-wishes and e-mails. It means a great deal to me to know there’s so much support coming from all over the web. I go between excited and nervous, often within the space of minutes, and oftentimes simultaneously, so it’s definitely never dull here. I also didn’t mention […]...

Filed Under: Breads, Cookbooks, Recipes, Reviews Tagged With: apple, bakery, brioche, cookbook, macrina, review

{Cookbook Review}: Alice Medrich’s Sinfully Easy Desserts

Jul 9 by Anita 11 Comments

When a great deal of your personal and professional life revolves around baking, you forget how much of the vernacular you’ve absorbed over time. When I taught a few enthusiast classes at Tante Marie’s, it was a reminder of how easy it is to take all I’d learned in pastry school and over the years […]...

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Fruit, Recipes, Reviews Tagged With: alice medrich, balsamic, cherries, cookbook, review, sinfully easy desserts

{Cookbook Review}: Blueberry Brown Butter Tarts

May 31 by Anita 9 Comments

  Since it’s just about pie season, I thought it would be a good time to review a cookbook that’s been on my to-do list for a while: Gesine Bullock-Prado’s Pie It Forward: Pies, Tarts, Tortes, Galettes, and Other Pastries Reinvented....

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Fruit, Pastry, Recipes, Reviews, Tarts Tagged With: blueberry, brown butter, cookbook, gesine bullock-prado, pie it forward, review, tart

Chocolate Mousse Methodology, Day Five

Apr 24 by Anita 6 Comments

Before I finish off my mousse experiment, I want to remind all you faithful readers that this Saturday is the big Food Blogger Bake Sale! We have had a location change since my first announcement: the bake sale will be this Saturday, April 28, at Omnivore Books from 11-4. Omnivore Books was the location of […]...

Filed Under: Chocolate, Cookbooks, Recipes, Reviews Tagged With: chocolate, cookbook, cooking with chocolate, mousse, review, test kitchen

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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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