Yang discovered artisan tinned fish at her favorite gourmet grocery store, Houston’s Central Market. She fell for the beautiful packaging first, and the contents second. “I was like, ‘I’d love to have these at home as part of the décor,’ ” she says. “There are vintage-looking ones, and sometimes I splurge on fancy ones.” (Her favorite brands are Fishwife, Berthe, La Barca, and José Gourmet.) Yang developed her pasta dish from there, explaining that the balance of carbs, protein, and healthy fats from omega-3s make it the perfect post-performance meal: “Even if it’s really late, and my legs are so sore I cannot walk one more step, the act of creating something really energizes me.”