Friday Round-up

What we're reading and eating this week:
Ridiculous Brown-butter Brownies.
Phoebe's hero, profiled in the Times Magazine.
I'm totally buying this for my soon-to-be-9-year-old nephew. (No clicking Owen, and thanks for the tip, Evan L!)
Read of the week: Break-in at Y-12.
This headline is astounding, and worth bringing up at the dinner table, whether you are …