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More Brunch: Individual Baked Eggs in Ramekins

We gave you some ideas for feeding a brunch crowd this weekend. We've also reviewed Mark Bittman's baked eggs, which are corralled in a casserole dish. But what if it's just you? Or you and a loved on...

Recipes for Spectators: NYC Marathon Brunch

The New York City marathon is this Sunday, and we can't wait. Over the years, we've made a habit of having a big breakfast or brunch, then packing some Bloody Marys in to-go cups (shh...) and heading ...

Eggs Benedict and Beyond

Over the weekend, I visited Portland, Oregon. One morning at a local brunch place, I ordered an Eggs Benedict-type dish, but instead of Canadian bacon, it had smoked salmon. It was delicious, and I ...

Recipe Review: Mark Bittman's Baked Eggs with Tomato (for a Weekend Brunch Crowd)

Ever since we saw Mark Bittman's recipe for baked eggs with prosciutto and tomato, we knew we had to try it. We were also inspired by the delicious baked eggs with cream and thyme at Balthazar in New ...

Recipe: Egg, Arugula, and Herb Tartine

A tartine is really just a fancy name for an open-faced sandwich. It sounds so much more elegant than sandwich, doesn't it? It seems fitting for this impromptu lunch we had this week. We were pressed ...

Recipe: Breakfast Pizza

Simple Pleasures: Ricotta with Honey and Fruit

On the morning of Easter Sunday, there won't be any slaving over a hot stove. There'll be no worrying about whether the eggs will poach properly, or how to have half-a-dozen omelets hot at once. Inste...

Recipe: How to Make Hollandaise Sauce

During the week, I'm often too busy to cook breakfast, but as the weekend approaches, I start making mental menus for Saturday and Sunday morning. Freshly brewed coffee, fruit salad, toast with jam, ...

Doing More With Less: The Bagel and Lox Edition

We've tackled the problem of rising food costs in the past and you've come up with great suggestions like these for how to keep your own kitchen up to restaurant standards without paying restaurant ...

Recipe: "Ham and Cheese" Breakfast Casserole

We ate a lot of breakfast casseroles growing up. Any time there was a crowd to be fed before noon, this baked dish of egg, sausage, cheese, and day-old bread would appear. And yet, as adults, we've ...

Recipe: Easy Ethereal Popovers

At the risk of waxing overly rhapsodic, popovers might just be the ideal winter food. In spite of their reputation as fickle and disaster-prone, these quick breads couldn't be simpler to make - and...

Goes Well With Coffee: Coffee Cake

No - really! Well, we felt there's no harm in stating the obvious. Coffee cake - it goes well with coffee. But we couldn't decide on just one... ...

Hungry For: Strata with Cipollini Onions and Arugula

Breakfast is essential, especially on cold mornings. Williams-Sonoma is featuring an indulgent brunch menu that, taken all together, would be a feast suitable for Christmas morning. But we can see ...

Tip: Fancy Pancakes

Here's a tip for Mother's Day brunch: fancy-shaped pancakes! Dave over at Instructables offers tips on how to be a breakfast hero. His secret is to mix the pancake batter completely smooth, and then t...

Recipe: Chunky Peach Pancake Topping

We made pancakes last weekend, a hearty Saturday brunch for a crowd. We are great fans of maple syrup, but we also love the chunky fruit toppings found in diners and family restaurants like Bob Evans....

Spring Cooking: Breakfast!

Maybe it's morning sunshine, maybe it's looking forward to summer, but we feel more inspired to actually cook breakfast this time of year. Instead of grabbing a granola bar and banana in the dark, t...

Tea Eggs for the Holidays

Eggs appear everywhere this week, from the seder plate to Easter baskets. There's colored plastic eggs in green plastic grass, chocolate eggs with cream filling, and eggs you can eat for lunch. And t...

New Year's Brunch - Readers' Choice

We have received a lot of wonderful ideas for New Year's Brunch: Guido says "Jump in a freezing ocean for New Year's Day! I'm not kidding - we did it Jan 1 2000 and I can tell you it is an extraordi...

Good Question: Ideas for New Year's Brunch

Dear The Kitchen, I am curious for New Year's Day brunch ideas, cliché be damned! Thank you! Lisa (To All Good Questions)...