Brunch: 100 Recipes from Five Points Restaurant (Hardcover)

by Marc Meyer (Author), Peter Meehan (Author)

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Product Description
There’s more to brunch than just omelettes and mimosas. Brunch can be a meal that wakes up your palate with a concordance of nuanced flavors. It can be a decadent feast worth lingering over and looking forward to all week. At Manhattan’s Five Points restaurant, chef Marc Meyer has proved this, that brunch can be an event in its own rite. He has set out to reimagine it with tempting dishes to savor and share with friends. The response has been unanimous: Five Points is one of New York City's most popular brunch spots and most coveted Sunday morning reservations. Brunch gives this special meal its full due, with more than 100 recipes for dishes that are sure to delight and inspire.

Whether you’re planning a quiet, intimate time for a couple to relax, or a lively group gathering for a shower, graduation, or holiday, there are recipes here for all occasions. You’ll learn how to turn out perfect renditions of classics with a twist such as Brown Butter Pecan Muffins, Baked Banana French Toast, and Smoked Salmon Benedict on Potato Pancakes, as well as new dishes to add to your repertory such as Churros and Mexican Hot Chocolate, Tea-Smoked Trout Salad, and Baked Eggs with Fresh Corn “Polenta” and Slow-Roasted Tomatoes.With mouthwatering photos and sections on menus and sources, Brunch is all you need to throw a stylish and sophisticated brunch.

About the Author
Marc Meyer’s two decades of kitchen experience have taken him from Rome to San Francisco to New York, where’s he worked with some of the brightest names in the food business, including Larry Forgione and Patrick Clark. He was the first chef to present a Rising Stars dinner at the James Beard House and has earned accolades and critical acclaim from Gourmet, Wine Spectator and the New Yorker. He studied at the University of California at Berkeley before pursuing a career in the kitchen and lives with his wife, Vicki Freeman, co-owner Five Points, and two children, Rolan and Marlon, just around the corner from the restaurant.

Peter Meehan contributes regularly to the New York Times and Life Magazine.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Universe (September 27, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789313006
• ISBN-13: 978-0789313003
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48,907 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brunch made fun!, March 1, 2006

By	tradess2006 "tradess2004" (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews

Best breakfast/brunch book I have lately read completely with excitement and anticipation for every page. The recipes are fairly easy to prepare with simple ingredients. The ricotta cheese pancakes are absolutely devine, but the waffles with rhubarb comote and whipped cream, and also the sweet potatoes hash are my favorites. The drinks are all very enticing too. Just wish I could visit the restaurant itself.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Treat Your Friends to a Lovely Brunch, April 8, 2006

By	Virginia Allain "(retired librarian)" (Poinciana, FL) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

I discovered this book from a review in Life Magazine. Brunch seemed like a lovely, civilized way to entertain, but how do you cope with cooking omelets for more than two people or getting everything fresh/warm/chilled to the table in a timely fashion?
This books answers those questions. The baked omelet cassarole sounds delish. I can even make orange marmalade (once my orange tree really gets to producing). You can buy the oranges too, if you don't have a tree.
The book also suggests themes, so you can make a party of brunch and there are even drink recipes (bloody Marys, bellinis and a blackberry-bay leaf spritzer).

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Brunches!, February 23, 2006

By	K. Hiseley "Aspiring Chef" (Rohnert Park, CA.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The recipe for Smoked Salmon Benedict is worth the price of the book but there are so many other recipes for those of us who love to entertain and/or those of us who think Brunch is the best idea anyone ever came up with!