[Photographs: Robyn Lee, unless otherwise noted]

This week we cooked Spam-enhanced dishes, made ice cream sandwiches, got a surprise visit from Chichi, said good-bye to an intern, and more.

(Warning: There's only one dog photo, at the very end of the slideshow. Yeah, we know that's mean, but it's better than nothing. ...WE'LL HAVE DOGS AGAIN SOON, PINKY SWEAR.)