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Max Goldberg, pictured in the foyer of his office building, has created an online guide to organic food.

Yielding to His Natural Self

By JED LIPINSKI

A Twitter feed and a blog, livingmaxwell.com, help spread his message.

Restaurant Review

The Fat Radish

By SAM SIFTON

The menu at this new restaurant is British after a fashion, rustic at that, lighter than its promise, often more flavorful.

Dining Briefs | Recently Opened

Donatella

By SAM SIFTON

The glittery pizza parlor Donatella Arpaia has opened in Chelsea isn’t at the top of the city’s pizza heap, but it is undeniably good.

Dining Briefs | Recently Opened

Heartbreak

By BETSY ANDREWS

Step inside this sophisticated Swiss-German restaurant in East Village and visions of the neighborhood’s drunken coeds melt away.

The latest nutrition guidelines reiterate much advice from previous years: eat less salt and saturated fats, eat more fruits and vegetables and whole grains.

Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less

By ANDREW MARTIN

The latest federal nutrition guidelines reiterate much from previous years, but this time, they also suggest just consuming less.

A 1963 Chevrolet pick-up outside Sonny Bryan’s Original Smokehouse in Dallas.

For Fans With Texas-Size Appetites

By SAM SIFTON

Sam Sifton, The Times’s restaurant critic, spent four days scouting the food in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and found plenty to cheer.

A Good Appetite

Crumpets and Marmalade on Super Bowl Sunday

By MELISSA CLARK

Tempt non sports fans with steaming crumpets slathered in mock clotted cream, Meyer lemon and blood orange marmalade and delicate tea sandwiches.

Food Stuff

Toasty Coasters to Protect and Serve

By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Cork coasters from the Museum of Modern Art look like toast, but they hold your wine, beer or spirits after you lift a glass.

Maple Syrup Slightly Spiked, and Vinegars With a Past

By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Mikuni, a Seattle importer and distributor, ages maple syrup and vinegar in charred-oak barrels used for bourbon.

Salumi, Cheese and Beer at a New Greenpoint Shop

By FLORENCE FABRICANT

The store Eastern District in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, offers a wide beer selection, with some on tap for filling growlers.

The Temporary Vegetarian

Vegan braised Chinese mushrooms and baby bok choy.

Mushrooms Fill In the Blanks for the Meat-Free

By ELAINE LOUIE

For vegetarians, mushrooms provide a meaty succulence and satisfying texture that can be missing from a meat-free diet.

Diner’s Journal

Jimmy Bradley, Being Treated for Oral Cancer, Shelves Plan for Food Hall

By KARIN ROBERTS

Long-term prognosis is good, he says, but treatment has forced him to give up his plans for J & S Food Hall in the Nolitan Hotel.

Diner’s Journal

Serving Otter, Beaver and 'God Knows How Many Muskrats' in the Bronx

By EMILY WEINSTEIN

Justin Fornal, also known as Baron Ambrosia, held a dinner devoted to the pleasures of eating small woodland creatures on Saturday night.

Ian Chalermkittichai at the Ember Room oven.

Off the Menu

By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Ember Room, Buvette, Dean Street and other restaurant openings around New York.

Dining Calendar

By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Sesame noodles served the old-fashioned way; spiked doughnuts and pre-Super Bowl fare at Grand Central; and a meatball cook-off are on the culinary agenda.

Salsiccia cruda di Bra, spiced veal and pork sausage on grilled crostini and salumi, at Perbacco.

My Go-To Places for Regional Italian Food in San Francisco

By MARK BITTMAN

In a city with some of the best regional Italian food in the world, choices abound. Four have stood this writers’s test of time: Perbacco, La Ciccia, Delfina Pizzeria and Farina.

Slide Show: San Francisco’s Italian Flavor

What’s Broken in Greece? Ask an Entrepreneur

By LANDON THOMAS Jr.

As one microbrewer sees it, outdated government rules have helped make many Greek companies uncompetitive.

Long Island Vines

Not Quite a One-Woman Show

By HOWARD G. GOLDBERG

Claudia Purita’s One Woman Wines and Vineyards in Southold produces about 2,000 cases annually. She has one full-time field worker, and friends and family members help at harvest.

Restaurant Review: Gauthier Soho in London

By ALEXANDER LOBRANO

Gauthier Soho, which opened in May and was recently awarded a Michelin star, adds momentum to the emergence of the central London party zone as a culinary destination.