IF IT HAS TO BE A SALAD

If the first thing you eat in the new year has to be a salad, then: Eat it in Paris. In a friendly, funny old place. Share it with someone nice. Make sure it has fresh, perfectly cooked eggs on top. And a lot of cured duck ham. And gesiers confit. And lardons. And bits of foie gras tucked underneath just the littlest bit of lettuce. A satisfying, stabilizing beginning to what I hope will be a happy new year for everyone.