I rarely skipped school when I was a kid. That’s because I always hated to miss lunch. After all, one of the greatest school traditions is the school lunch. Kids who bring their own may may not ever know the amusement of trying to figure out what’s in mystery meat. We weren’t served gourmet meals in the school lunchroom in my day, and even though school lunches are better than ever, American schools still have a long way to go before they catch up to the bill of fare at the typical French school