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Daniel Picus
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Amateur pastry chef
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Cecil wants you to know he tried very hard to come with me.
A small orange cat sits in an open suitcase
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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A mackerel tabby with huge green eyes and extremely alert ears giving the camera sideeye
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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You can also make streusel bars with plum jam your husband made a few summers ago, but it’s much more dangerous.
Two shortbread bars with a thin layer of plum jam and streusel topping, on a plate with a navy blue rim
February 5, 2024 at 6:34 AM
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You can bake rye bread on a Sunday. They can’t tell you not to.
A slightly lumpy loaf of brown bread glistening from the oven
February 5, 2024 at 4:26 AM
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Tiny and Dainty
A tiny grey and brown tabby kitten (Phoebe) sits on someone’s torso with her front paws crossed, glaring at the camera
January 23, 2024 at 3:11 AM
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Slow baking start to the year, but these poppyseed lemon bars are a good reminder that citrus is the salvation of winter.
Two lemon bars with a browned meringue topping sitting on a plate with a blue rim
January 22, 2024 at 6:59 AM
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Meet and greet
Two cats, one larger and orange, one tiny and black/brown tabby, look at each other over a laundry basket weighted down with flour. The large orange cat touches noses with the tiny tabby kitten.
January 13, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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Some personal news
A photo of an extremely tiny black and grey tabby kitten peeking out of a small pyramidal cat bed
January 11, 2024 at 2:06 AM
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Full sized kouign amann. Not my best one—I decided to let it sit in the fridge before baking, and it proved, which ruined the characteristic thicker lamination.
A photo of a wedge of thickly laminated pastry on a plate with a dark blue rim
January 9, 2024 at 5:17 AM
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Baking thread 2024. Beer bread with honey and rosemary.
A loaf of fresh quick bread, cut in half and sitting on a cutting board
January 8, 2024 at 3:14 AM
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Five years of Cecil, who only grows sweeter and more perfect
A small orange cat is bunched up like a loaf on a green blanket, his head falling forward The same small orange cat in a similar position, but with his head completely fallen forward, resting on the green blanket. A small orange cat with a white belly, dramatically illuminated by a ray of light from a window, looking at the viewer with big eyes A small orange cat curled up on top of a pillow at the back of a sofa, against a light green wall, giving the camera side eye
January 6, 2024 at 12:37 AM
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Pretty proud of this one.
A shot of a tall cake with chocolate frosting, topped with candied blood oranges on one half, and almond praline shards on the other. The cake is on a white cake plate, and the shot is at a slight angle. A shot of a tall cake with chocolate frosting, topped with candied blood oranges on one half, and almond praline shards on the other. The cake is on a white cake plate, and the shot is overhead.
October 15, 2023 at 2:47 AM
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A very foggy pic of candying blood orange!
A shot of several slices of blood orange with sugar syrup boiling over them
October 13, 2023 at 12:27 AM
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Pre-praline almonds!
A photo from above of caramel-coated almonds before they are blitzed into praline
October 13, 2023 at 12:26 AM
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Cecil is SHOCKED
Cecil, a small orange and white cat with enormous eyes, stares directly at the camera while standing on a teal ottoman in front of a window.
September 15, 2023 at 1:00 AM
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Fresh peach, toasted almond, white chocolate.
An overhead shot of a bowl of pale pale pink ice cream on a granite tabletop
August 28, 2023 at 3:49 AM
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Rainier cherry pie.
A photo of a fully coveted pie with a few small vents, sitting on a metal cooling rack in front of a window.
August 21, 2023 at 1:52 AM
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Went outside to inspect the apples on the Apple tree and were ourselves inspected. Quis custodet etc
A small orange cat looking through a mesh window screen, with a supervisory expression on his extremely tiny face. He has huge ears.
August 20, 2023 at 1:07 AM
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Peach, mango, and lime pavlova.
A photograph of a very pale beige meringue topped by soft whipped cream, with pieces of yellow fruit on top. The dessert is on a blue-rimmed plate on a wooden cutting board.
August 12, 2023 at 4:40 AM
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Milk chocolate and peanut butter ice cream.
An overhead shot of a bowl of light brown swirled ice cream in beautiful round scoops, sitting on a wooden board.
August 9, 2023 at 3:49 AM
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Fresh Dungeness crab quiche.
A photo of a round quiche in a homemade fluted crust, with a messy starburst pattern of red peppers on top
August 7, 2023 at 2:02 AM
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Brown butter and nectarine financiers (in a bowl with the sliced nectarine because)
A photograph of a hand holding a blue-rimmed bowl by the edge. The bowl contains a sliced nectarine and three baked goods that look like mini muffins with chunks of nectarine in them.
August 6, 2023 at 4:22 AM
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Roasted apricot and toasted almond ice cream.
An overhead shot of a bowl of ice cream on a wood board. The ice cream is a pale pinkish orange—a lighter shade than the skin of apricots.
August 4, 2023 at 3:57 AM
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A still of The Carrie Nations, from the movie Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, with two women with long hair in flowy white jumpsuits on electric guitars and an empty drum set between them.
August 1, 2023 at 2:37 AM
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Not dessert, but: heirloom tomato tart.
A photograph of a savory tart, or quiche, in a homemade crust with alternating orange and red tomatoes
August 1, 2023 at 2:05 AM