How Food Affects Mental Health

The results were striking for a number of reasons. The diet benefited mental health even though the participants did not lose any weight. People also saved money by eating the more nutritious foods, demonstrating that a healthy diet can be economical. Before the study, the participants spent on average $138 per week on food. Those…

Make This Bread!

Good morning. J. Kenji López-Alt is in The Times this week with a lengthy and fascinating article about one of the most influential recipes ever published in The Times, for Jim Lahey and Mark Bittman’s no-knead bread. “This was the recipe that democratized bread-baking,” Peter Reinhart, the author of “The Bread Baker’s Apprentice,” told him.…

Sushi That Swims Against the Tide of Tradition

The words “sustainable sushi” do not necessarily pluck the heartstrings in waltz time. Virtuous shopping does not always go along with skillful cooking, let alone a practiced hand at slicing amberjack, blending soy and all the other elements of exceptional nigiri. The difference has become more pronounced as New York City has attracted more omakase…

Sour Cherry Pies Straight to Your Door

You can get a jump on the sour cherry or wild blueberry season with pies from Petee’s Pie Company. Petra Paredez, whose tender, all-butter pastry encloses the judiciously-sweetened fruit, is now selling these online. (Her regular pies, in a wide assortment of flavors, are sold for pickup and local delivery at her shops on the…

Canlis Hires Its First Female Executive Chef

Since closing its dining room in March 2020, Canlis has reinvented itself several times over, shape-shifting from Seattle’s loftiest fine-dining restaurant into a bagel shop, a crab shack and a drive-in movie theater. Now, the restaurant has made another, more permanent change, hiring Aisha Ibrahim as its new executive chef. Ms. Ibrahim, 35, is the…

A Sauvignon Blanc From Sonoma

It’s never too late to try something new. La Crema, a Sonoma County winery that is known for chardonnay and pinot noir, has introduced a sauvignon blanc. The winery, established in 1979, released the 2019 sauvignon blanc on a limited basis last summer; now the 2020 is widely available. It’s a lovely summer quaff. “The…