Brendan Francis Newnam

BRUNCH IS HELL by B.F. Newman and Rico Gagliano is a printed extension to this duo’s popular podcast and public radio show, The Dinner Party Download. At first I was taken aback by the premise, that Brunch is just a terrible way for restaurants to rid themselves of food they didn’t manage to sell on Friday or Saturday night. Reheat, toss in a few eggs, and serve with the second round of Mimosas.
Then I thought, “If so many people find talking about why brunch is bad and why and how to host wonderful dinner parties, if they focus on this so much, it is no wonder ‘that man’ won the White House!” Focus on the big picture people.
But then I really starting reading the book and found it both funny and witty , sly remarks abound, and there are zillions of great insights into the psychology of both hosting and guesting parties centered around dinner. Here is everything you need to have friends and strangers gather round your table and still manage to enjoy themselves with you necessarily having to rely on pharmaceuticals to make it through the night.
I haven’t heard to podcasts or the radio show so I don’t know about any of that, but the book is a delight. Only, tear yourself away from the party around election time and maybe discuss something that could change the entire world, not just your neighborhood.… (plus d'informations)