Let's Do Brunch
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What is brunch anyway?
It's really lunch but you are allowed to serve breakfast foods and drink booze.
What time should you serve brunch?
11 a.m. would be a good time, but it's too early for my kitchen, so noon is better.
Bloody Mary's are also better at noon. For some reason it's more acceptable to have a cocktail with brunch, but not so much with breakfast.
An egg dish is always nice, maybe a strata or French toast. Fruit, salads, and an entree. Don't forget cake. Cake is always a good thing to serve at brunch. Yes, cake.
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Oh yes, and let's not forget a big pot of coffee. I think that's the most important element of brunch. Have to have coffee.
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I hosted a birthday brunch last weekend for a friend, and served Ina's Provencal Potato Salad with Italian tuna.
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I made an easy frittata with leeks, teeny asparagus spears and Jarlsberg cheese.
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Bloody Mary's with tabasco, horseradish and cilantro (and vodka of course).
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Yummy datenut bread and sliced fruit.
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It was definitely nap time after that meal (and the afternoon drinks!).
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How I wish we could grow tulips but the deer would lap them up immediately.
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