Seattle Pastry Girl

Joe Pastry rocks !  Remember yesterday I tried David Lebovitz's recipe for Kouign Amann ?  It came out like the buttery cake I tho...

I tasted Kouign Amann ( queen a-mahn ) for the very first time a few weeks ago at a wonderful bakery on Queen Anne called La Reve .  I had ...

This was an easy uncomplicated recipe and it produced one of my favorite types of cakes-the morning coffee cake.  It also produced a beauti...

Easter is just a few days away and thinking of it reminds me of all the Easter baskets we had as kids,overflowing with chocolate bunnys, pi...

I'm a fan of the bakery book Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes A Day  so when I spotted Jim Lahey's book My Bread: The Revolutionary No-W...

I woke up Sunday morning to the sound of a bird singing just outside the bedroom window.  It gave me a sense of calm and brought back a flo...

I should have titled this Triple T-Tiramisu, Tears and Taxes.  It's been that kind of week-and I've been gone from my blog for too ...