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He's Brandon Pettit, musician from New York. She's Molly Wizenberg, the voice of Orangette. Their romance is chronicled in Molly's book, A Homemade Life (a title that makes you think it's going to be about an old lady's patterns for quilts, while it's actually two interwoven stories about Molly's dad and Molly's boyfriend). Anyway, Brandon--a composer and lecturer who studied in France (as did Molly)--moved to Seattle and, wouldn't you know it, decided that his calling life was (wait for it) pizza.

The (zippy) online version of the (staid) Times has discovered blogs. That would be the Times of London, you understand. Upstarts like the New York Times and the Seattle Times have to state their identity every time; no such need for the Times. But we digress. Lynne Robinson, writing a survey of food blogs for TimesOnline, lists no fewer than 50 of "the world's best," starting with Seattle's own Orangette. Comes at a good time for Orangette's Molly Wizenberg: her book, A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, hits the shelves early next month. The TimesOnline piece is heavily weighted in favor of recipe-driven blogs, but even if you don't cook, Orangette's a great read. Good on ya, Molly!

BAKE THINGS: Did you read Seattlest Rachael's bomb recipe for molassas cookies earlier this week? They include cardamom, which is an inspired stroke of spice. Today could be your day to try a batch of those. On Sunday, we made Orangette's nutmeg doughnut muffins, and we can highly recommend that recipe as well. Make sure you'll have a few people around to help you consume them, though--those balls of goodness are dense and rich. If you have oranges around (it's Christmas... who doesn't have oranges around?), consider adding a teaspoon or two of orange zest to them.

The dispiriting weather forecast--below, via Google.