Behold this copycat Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Walnut cookie. Recipe by Stella Parks.

Khaliat Nahal -- Yemeni Honeycomb Bread. You're supposed to serve them like pie, but I just pulled apart these cream cheese-filled, honey-sweetened, and orange blossom- scented rolls and plopped them into my mouth. Yum

Fun fact: Oakland is home to about 10K Yemeni-Americans!

Recipe from Reem Assil

My cat, Papi, is sick so I'm working from home. He's being super needy and won't get off me. At least he's warm.

Papi just spent 6 hours at the vet and wears the same expression of us who are a little tired, sad, and angry, wondering why the good die young and why we have to deal with assholes.

But once the meds wear off, we'll be back to our spicy selves.