Salvadoran Sweet Bread to Brighten Up Your Morning

None of her relatives had ever made a quesadilla, because it was so easy to buy back home. Its variations are almost endless, including ones based on rice flour, yuca flour or masa harina, for different calibrations of density and loft. Vasquez chose all-purpose flour as “the most accessible starting point,” she says. In her…

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Should You Delay Your Morning Caffeine?

Q: I’ve heard that drinking coffee first thing in the morning can interfere with my ability to feel awake and can lead to an afternoon energy crash. Is that true? It’s an idea that has been popularized by online influencers: Avoid consuming caffeine for 90 to 120 minutes after waking up, they say, and you…

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Should You Exercise in the Morning or the Evening?

What is the best time of day to exercise? It’s a straightforward question with a frustrating number of answers, based on research results that can be downright contradictory. The latest piece of evidence came last month from a group of Australian researchers, who argued that evening was the healthiest time to break a sweat, at…

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