Lucky Foods for New Year's Day

If you're exploring ways to increase your good fortune in 2011, Epicurious has a great summary of the foods traditionally considered to be good luck eating at the start of the new year, as well as some background on the underlying thinking. And watch out for the lobster tails on sale this week in several stores. Very nice for Christmas Eve or Day, but a bad luck way to start the new year. Chicken, too - who knew?