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Recipes from Leaked Emails, Ancient Egypt Arrives, Bar Le Côte, Art Book Hunting, and More.

FIT FOR A KING

I remember being about 11 or 12 years old and hearing about the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibition that toured the U.S., desperately wanting to go. Around the same time, I loved watching Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra. Treasures of the Pharaohs opens this month at San Francisco's de Young Museum, bringing together 130 objects spanning 3,000 years, from monumental granite sculptures and exquisite gold jewelry to cosmetics, furniture, and everyday objects found in tombs. What I'm especially excited to see are the artifacts from the recently rediscovered Golden City near Luxor, a preserved settlement that offers a rare glimpse into the daily lives of the people who built and served the royal court. The exhibition runs through January, and I don't intend to miss these treasures twice.

RECIPES FROM LEAKED EMAILS

One of the more unusual cookbooks I've come across started with a simple question: what recipes were hiding inside some of the world's most infamous leaked email archives? Researcher Demetria Glace spent years combing through everything from Enron and Sony Pictures to Hillary Clinton's emails, uncovering hundreds of recipes exchanged between colleagues, friends, and family. Leaked Recipes, The Cookbook gathers fifty of them, from Persian Love Cake and Nana's Sweet Potato Casserole to Lemon Squares, each paired with the story of how that once-private recipe found its way into the public record. I find it fascinating (and even funny) that, even in the middle of history's biggest scandals, someone was asking for the potato casserole recipe.

MORE WONDER BRINGERS (A FEW TO START…)

A LOOK I've decided it's time to start taking art history classes. My first Afternoon Salon, Braque and Picasso: Defining Cubism, takes place at the Norton Simon Museum on Sunday • A LISTEN Next up on my Listen Lyst is Lady Killers from British historian and delightfully quirky curator Lucy Worsley, where she tells the stories of eight 19th-century “murderesses” • A TASTE I have a soft spot for the pairing of coffee and commerce. This guide rounds up some of the best Los Angeles stores with cafés, all worthy of a longer linger.