Joel Stein, Esquire

Look who's found his way into the pages of Esquire: Time magazine's stunt journalist and Los Angeles Times editorial page reblogger Joel Stein.

In the September issue of the men's magazine, Mr. Stein profiles Sarah Shahi, The L Word co-star who's probably best known for sharing a peyote-induced breakthrough with James Gandolfini on the last season of The Sopranos.

In keeping with Mr. Stein's intense one-on-one journalistic methods—earlier this year, the writer invited George Clooney over his house for dinner and wrote about it for Time—he and Ms. Shahi decided to go for hike ... no wait, a picnic ... Actually, Mr. Stein planned to teach Ms. Shahi to cook. ... On fourth thought, they'd look for a house for Ms. Shahi to buy. ... Scratch all that: Mr. Stein would teach Ms. Shahi to cook mustard-crusted salmon after all. Together, the writer and his subject did enough for at least half a dozen profiles.