One Plate at a Time

“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.” ~Orson Welles Not sure what Mr. Welles had in mind with his obviously sarcastic comment about country and lunch, but where I come from, there’s more truth than sarcasm in those words. It could be that this is something done elsewhere—and maybe I should find out—but here in San Antonio, there is a lot of community and care that comes in the form of lunch, or rather, in selling plates of food—which are usually then eaten for lunch. And whether on actual plates (paper plates, that is) or styrofoam to-go food containers, these “plate sales” are one…