Two stories

Regarding “Super Nola,” by Millie Ball [Feb. 3]: I have been to New Orleans several times, and Mother’s (401 Poydras St., www.mothers restaurant.net) offers great home cooking. It usually has a line out the door that moves quickly. The bread pudding is memorable, but all the dishes are very good.

Regarding On the Spot of Feb. 3 [“Catching Up on Jet Lag,” by Catharine Hamm]: The trick to avoid jet lag is to arrive before sunset and to be outside for an hour or so at sunset. This resets my biological clock to local time. DANA ROTH

Pasadena

:: I have found No Jet-Lag tablets helpful. It is a homeopathic preparation. You take one tablet at takeoff and landing and at intervals throughout the flight. I also try to prepare myself for the new time zone by setting my watch to the new time at takeoff and trying to completely forget the current time.

It is interesting to see how government officials coped with jet lag since being clearheaded when signing treaties, etc., is important. I learned that President Eisenhower would arrive early so he would have a few days to get adjusted. Henry Kissinger would gradually adjust his schedule to the new time zone before he left. But President Johnson had the most effective method of all. Wherever he went in the world, he would seldom change his watch. He expected people to meet with him on Washington time. But I am afraid most of us cannot use that method.

BILL BERGFELDT

Hollywood