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Ladies Who Brunch

by whit on June 8, 2011

Brunch! My favorite meal ever invented. Perhaps because it is the only daytime meal where drinking is completely acceptable! My wine of choice at brunch is always and forever either rosé or bubbles.  And guess what? We had both.

Last weekend, my pal Joy had some ladies over for a very civilized brunch complete with quiche, salad, a veritable strawberry fantasia and WINE. I brought Bedrock‘s 2010 Ode to Lulu. It’s a seriously lovely rosé from 120 year old mourvedre vines up in Sonoma.

Feast your eyes on this focaccia…

Yeah…

While floating on a strawberry cloud, we popped open some Francois Pinon Vouvray. Into the coupes it went! Drinking sparkling wine out of a coupe is a must do situation.  Especially when one wants to feel civilized. But there is also something about a coupe that feels frivolous and tipsy and fun.

 

And then this happened. Fresh, and I mean right out of the fryer fresh, sour cream doughnuts with brown sugar/brown butter glaze. What? This thing basically tasted like, stay with me, a bite of fried chicken and waffles with maple syrup. Seriously. So good!

I am an official believer in doughnuts and bubbly together. But, I can’t say that this particular duo was the best pairing ever. But WHO CARES.

We sat down on the floor and feasted. Bikes, babes, bubbles and…baked goods.

Thank you Joy for such a wonderfully yummy brunch. With the friends I keep, I sure do eat well.

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Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: 3 Square Brunch

by whit on January 24, 2010



Every month, Foodbuzz.com chooses 24 bloggers from their Featured Publisher network (see that ad in the right column of the screen?) to cook/prepare drinks/organize an event and write a blog post about it in 24 hours on the 24th day of the month. I decided to submit a proposal and I was one of the lucky 24 chosen. What was that proposal, you ask? Brunch. Not only brunch- possibly the best category of meal- but, brunch 2 ways; a traditional version and its modern twist counterpart. Along with two of my dearest friends and business partners, Joy and Rachel, we set out to make 3 courses with 2 versions of each course both paired with drinks. So…3 square(d) brunch.

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After a week of rain, every. single. day. in Los Angeles (writing that sentence is even difficult), I woke up to hear birds chirping and to see- wait, what was that?- oh right… sunshine. Hallelujah. I don’t know about you, but a gorgeous day on a weekend screams eggs, toast, crispy pork products and a slight afternoon buzz. With a gaggle of friends and nothing but time, I think you’ve got yourself one perfect brunch. And by one perfect brunch, I mean this one.

ready set

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cocotte

For the classics, we decided to tackle potato latke with smoked salmon, french eggs en cocotte and doughnuts. The fun task was deciding how to reinvent these dishes and what “brunch” beverages would best complement all of them side by side.

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