Like the days of Sarah, these modern times (5)
I believe the answer is:
salad
'like the days' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'sarah these modern times' is the wordplay.
'sarah' becomes 'Sal' (Sally is a common pet form of Sarah).
'these modern times' becomes 'AD' (AD, Anno Domini, as opposed to BC, Before Christ).
'sal'+'ad'='SALAD'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for salad that I've seen before include "Cold dish of various vegetables," , "one gets dressed" , "Mainly raw cold dish" , "Food dish" , "A dish of lettuce and vegetables" .)