Also...

• I am a five-time Jeopardy! champion from 1988 when players were limited to five wins. I have played in special Jeopardy! tournaments in 1990 and 2005. You win some, you lose some.

• Sometimes I bake cookies.

Norwegian Hanukkah Cookies

• Sometimes I bake cakes:

Bridge Players' Cake

Sugar Shells Cake

Dachshund Cake

Almond Cake

• Sometimes I make jewelry:

• Sometimes I make hill town sculptures:

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• I've designed a huppah which has also served as a sukkah:

• I am working on a book called Kitchens For People Who Actually Cook.  The article title and illustration were chosen by the Globe [ click here for pdf version ]. A brief excerpt was published as an article in the January 11, 2009 Sunday Boston Globe Magazine.