Lynne Ireland

Change is always all around us. But these days it feels like everything, everywhere all at once. Taxes and tariffs and turmoil, oh my! Since we can’t affect the onslaught, we’re trying to reframe with a phrase our French former co-columnist often used. She’d remind us that to “changer les idées” had many benefits. The phrase suggests that to take one’s mind of things, clear one’s head, or take a break is something we CAN do amidst the deluges beyond our control.

“We’re back!” the cheerful subject line announced. Good news from the LJS staff who have weathered the cyberstorm and are now able again to bring you the food pages every week. “We’re back!” was the chorus hard-working LES crews made possible after the mud-zzard knocked down lines, poles and trees. And the magnolia buds that survived echo the same hopeful refrain. So we’re celebrating these many happy returns with a spritely and slightly surprising salad.

It’s deja vue all over again. Seems like only yesterday Super Bowl fans were cooking up KC-style BBQ or Philly cheesesteaks. But no matter who’s playing the big game, there’s a constant for many: not enough to eat. People missing out on the football feasts because on Super Bowl Sunday, like every day, they’re but coming up yards short trying to feed their family the basics.