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Happy Summer: Berry Tart with Cheesecake Pastry Cream

Jun 15 by Anita 7 Comments

Happy almost summer! I took my summer vacation a little early and just got back from a gorgeous week-long cruise to Alaska. I can’t wait to share with you all, but before I do that I wanted to post the last thing I made before I left on my trip: this berry tart with cheesecake […]...

Filed Under: Custards, Fruit, Pastry, Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: berry, cheesecake, pastry, pastry cream, summer, tart

More Sweet Summer: Super Strawberry Shortcake

Aug 13 by Anita 25 Comments

  It’s already mid-August, and I can’t let summer slip away without some strawberry shortcake. We’re on a serious strawberry spree over here, so it’s no surprise that this dessert has finally made an appearance on our table. My husband is the big biscuit-maker in the household, and every time he makes a batch for dinner […]...

Filed Under: Cakes, Pastry, Recipes Tagged With: biscuit, king arthur, self rising flour, shortcake, strawberry, summer

Sweet Summer: Strawberry White Balsamic Caramel Tarts

Jul 29 by Anita 19 Comments

Deep in the heart of summer, and we can’t get enough of sweet ripe fruit around here. My daughter Isabelle would live on fruit if she could; it’s been a trial to coax her to eat her dinner when she keeps insisting that she only wants to eat blueberries and strawberries and mango. How can […]...

Filed Under: Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: balsamic, caramel, cream, fruit, seasonal fruit desserts, strawberry, summer, tart

{Cookbook Review} Mini Berry Hand Pies and Baking With Kids

May 21 by Anita 14 Comments

Now that Isabelle is almost two and half (what?), she wants to do everything herself. Which is equally in terms endearing and exasperating. What I like even better is when she wants to do what Mommy is doing....

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: baking with kids, berry, cookbook, hand pie, kids, review, summer, tart

Dessert First + Alessi: Olive Oil Cake with Roasted Peaches

May 16 by Anita 2 Comments

Olive Oil Cake and Caccia cake server on the Quattro muri e due case tray When I was asked to pick which Alessi pieces I would like to work with, I faced an overwhelming catalog of riches to choose from. Alessi has over 90 years of history and has objects in every size, in a […]...

Filed Under: Cakes, Fruit, Recipes Tagged With: Alessi, cake, olive oil, peaches, summer

Cherries, Coconut, Cream, Summer

Jun 19 by Anita 34 Comments

So I disappeared without leaving word, and came back without making a peep as well. I thought about hanging up a “Gone to BlogHer Food” sign here, but didn’t get a chance to do so before I flew off to Seattle. For those of you that didn’t know, I went to BlogHer Food a week […]...

Filed Under: Custards, Fruit, Pastry, Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: cherry, coconut, pastry cream, summer, tart

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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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