French Lessons

Now that spring has sprung and we’re better able to socialize (thanks to the vaccine), how about hosting a festive brunch for those in your pod? After a year of Zoom cocktails, firepit picnics, and take-out, it’s a celebratory way to gather with near and dear in a relaxed way.

“What I love about brunch is that everyone who comes tends to be in a good mood because it’s the first thing they’re doing that day,” says cookbook author and entertaining expert Marc J. Sievers, from his penthouse in Riverwalk Lofts in Lawrence, where he grew up. “The