Gallery: This Week at Serious Eats World Headquarters

Vicky brought her dog Toby to the office on Thursday. Everyone was feeling a bit doggie-deprived since Kenji's dogs Hambone and Yuba headed out west, so Toby was quite a hit.

The start of a beautiful friendship.

Toby made himself at home in the office, and was a model of productivity.

Toby is really good at editing photos.

[Photograph: Niki Achitoff-Gray]

The king of the North (part of the office).

Since we have so much extra homemade Magic Shell around from Novelty Ice Cream Week's recipe testing, we decided to start a game called "Can You Dip It?"

Leang and Max get serious about some sprinkles.

Frozen chocolate dipped Figgies & Jammies with rainbow sprinkles. These were insanely good.

Leandra and Vicky seem pretty pleased with their frozen snacks.

[Photograph: Max Falkowitz]

Ed took a break from overlording to check out what we were up to in the kitchen.

Who needs a cake when we have pizza?

Happy birthday to our master developer Paul, caught mid-belly-rub.

Perfectly crisped pepperoni cups...yum.....

Niki finally reaches the peak of Mount...something.

Leandra's hopes for a deliciously refreshing watermelon were dashed when she cut this guy open. Just when you're trying to eat something that's not dipped in chocolate! Foiled.

Daniel does a little sampling/snacking.

Pierogies, frozen yogurt base, and ice cream are taking up most of our freezer's real estate.

Does Cricket like Cheez-Its? The answer is: no.

[Photograph: Dennis Lee]

Who wants a treat? Pixel does. She always does.

[Photograph: Erin Jackson]