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Happy Holidays!

Dec 24 by Anita 1 Comment

Happy Monday! I hope you are all enjoying the holidays with your family and loved ones. It’s been ridiculously rainy and windy here – it won’t be a white Christmas here, but it’ll probably be a wet one....

Filed Under: Cookies, Recipes, Sated Tagged With: cookies, holiday, sated

Sated Issue 2 is Almost Here!

Nov 21 by Anita 4 Comments

Hello dear readers, Hope you are all ready for the holiday season to begin! Stephanie of Desserts for Breakfast and I have a happy announcement to kick things off: the second issue of sated is just about ready to hit the printers! We’re excited to share the (double) theme of issue 2: Flours and Flowers. […]...

Filed Under: Personal, Recipes, Sated Tagged With: sated

Sated is Ready! and an Almond and Chocolate Frangipane Tart

May 21 by Anita 19 Comments

Well, it’s finished! Stephanie and I have officially sent off the first issue of sated magazine to the printers! I can’t tell you what a big sigh of happiness we heaved when we finally reached that milestone. After months of long nights, intense work (and re-work), we can say we accomplished the first step of […]...

Filed Under: Chocolate, Recipes, Sated, Tarts Tagged With: almond, chocolate, frangipane, sated, tart

Prepare to Get Sated

Apr 30 by Anita 174 Comments

Dear readers, It’s been a little while since my last cookbook was published. Some of my friends have been asking me what my next project would be, and I’m so excited to finally be able to announce it to the world: I have been collaborating with Stephanie of the beautiful Desserts for Breakfast to create […]...

Filed Under: Chocolate, Cookies, Recipes, Sated Tagged With: chocolate, cookies, raspberry, sables, sated


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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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