The trouble with brunch

[lagatta]

This refers only to "commercial" brunch, not to inviting family and friends over for a daytime visit that involves food, various beverages and one hopes, good conversations and fun:

www.nytimes.com/2014/10/11/opinion/sunday/brunch-is-for-jerks.html?_r=0

www.goodreads.com/book/show/17675213-the-trouble-with-brunch

A couple of times a year in "la belle saison" (second half of spring, summer, first half of autumn) some friends gather in a park and enjoy a leisurely meal without much of a time frame, that includes coffee and tea in thermos containers, quite a bit of wine, bubbly water and nice food. But I walk past the places where it seems to be a weekly event for some, and then, it seems a great time-waster.

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Brunch is obviously reserved for people who get up late or who have a sweet tooth at all times. I get up so early most of the time that I would be ready for lunch by 10:00 a.m. so there is no point in proposing brunch to me at 11:00.

I think I have only humoured people once or twice by going to a "champagne brunch." It immediately brought to mind the concept of "second breakfast" among the hobbits.

[lagatta]

As you probably know, I get up very early too, but really am not interested in a "second breakfast". I love food, I love coffee, I love wine (but not quite so early) I love my friends and I love conversation, but I don't love things that drag on endlessly and waste the whole bloody day.

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I shudder every time I see the signs on restaurants saying "Brunch 11:00-17:00."

[bixaorellana]

Y'all are a lot of fun.

[chexbres]

bixa - wait until you go to a typical French brunch...the piles of poorly-executed American-inspired and unrelated French food items alone will convince you that you should have stayed home and made your own pancakes.
Especially when it costs 25 EU...

[lagatta]

I don't think either K2 or I can be accused of disinterest in food and drink, cooking and eating, or good company. There are many gourmands, and even some epicures, with an aversion to brunch.

www.bonappetit.com/columns/the-foodist/article/why-i-hate-brunch

Is brunch good anywhere?