Is there a heat wave in your area? Maybe you've joked that it's hot enough to fry an egg on your car. Well, how about baking a batch of cookies on your dashboard?

Last year, we told you about a woman who found a way to turn her car into a part-time oven, and now we've found a recipe that walks you through the process.

More on that below. Plus, learn the real story behind that dramatic phone call in Julie & Julia.

• It's hot, hot, hot in Tucson. Hot enough to bake cookies in a car. The Arizona Daily Star has a recipe.
• Were you inspired by our tour of Delancy in Seattle? Thinking about building your own pizza oven? The Boston Globe profiles a Harvard grad student who did just that, with step-by-step photos.
• If you saw Julie & Julia, you no doubt remember her doing something that made a reporter call her "a bit of a pill." Russ Parsons gives the real story in the Los Angeles Times.
• If you're a fan of bouillabaisse, try making its less-celebrated Italian cousin, brodetto – "not as fussy and easier to spell."

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