Ten reads we found funny, interesting, or thought-provoking this week.

• Saveur‘s ultimate reader is a Canadian professor who cooked his way through over 1000 recipes from the magazine. — Faith
• Using only acrylic paint, artist Hikaru Cho transforms eggs into eggplants and bananas into cucumbers. Say what? — Anjali
• Could being a good cook help you be a better doctor? Maybe. – Ariel
• Homemade tortillas are definitely my newest obsession. – Emma
• This is how the Courtesan au Chocolat is made in Wes Anderson’s new movie. – Ariel

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Day 10: Friday, March 14
Today’s Assignment: Make lunch!
Weekend Assignment: Plan all of your breakfasts and lunches for next week
The Cooking Cure: See all assignments so far here

Here we are at the end of the second week of our Cooking Cure. High fives all around! How did things go this week? Did your breakfast plan go smoothly? Run into any snags? Were you able to go shopping yesterday for your new lunch?

Today’s assignment is simple: make — and eat! — your lunch. Take the rest of the day off to relax and catch your breath; this weekend we’re going to be jumping into meal prep with both feet.

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When it comes to lunch, tuna fish offers it all. It’s high in protein and flavor, and it’s economical too! But more and more people are concerned about tuna due to questions about sustainability — specifically issues of overfishing and damage to ocean ecology. There are also questions about high levels of mercury.

And yet I do love my tuna fish sandwiches! So I went to an expert with this question: should I feel guilty buying and eating canned tuna?

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This week, I’ve been sharing the plan and menu for a casual weeknight dinner party I threw with our neighbors and their little kids. Today, we’ll reveal how it all came together, how we kept it comfy and cheerful for the little kids while still making it a special night for us all. We hope it shows you, like it showed me, that dinner parties don’t always have to be elaborately planned affairs, but can simply be a bigger, prettier version of your everyday family meal. Warning: you may be inspired to throw impromptu weeknight or weekend dinner parties all the time now, so grab your crayons and come on in!

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When it comes to a stylish lunch, the Japanese art of bento reigns supreme. We showed you some clever and playful bento arrangements yesterday, but today I want to just talk about the boxes. Traditionally, bento boxes were made out of wood. Here are five really beautiful examples from Japantique.

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