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Filmed and Edited by Xu Zhang
I’ve been making variations on this recipe for more years than I can remember. It’s always slightly different depending on what I add in and depending on the ripeness of the bananas. The basic recipe stays the same and there are never any leftovers. The original was loaded with golden raisins, chocolate chips and walnuts. […]
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New Year’s Day
Homemade buttermilk biscuits with baked ham and hollandaise sauce
* Baked eggs with roasted pepper saffron sauce (GF)
Smoked salmon with bagels and cream cheese
* Pumpkin waffles with yoghurt and ginger syrup
* Chana masala (garbanzo beans) (GF)
* Chocolate chip, banana, cherry cake
* Individual baked croissants with caramelized fruit
* Ricotta, almond, raspberry cake (GF)
* Breakfast parfait with homemade granola and berries
* Freshly baked blueberry focaccia bread
Coffee
Tea
Mimosas
Bloody Marys
(GF) Gluten Free
* Vegetarian
Welcome to 2016! My friends and I started the New Year with a glorious feast at my house. The invitation was for Brunch and Bloody Marys. We started at 12:30 and were still eating at 5:00 in the afternoon. Some people make New Year’s resolutions. I don’t believe in resolutions. I believe in setting intent […]
Filmed and Edited by Xu Zhang
Some people celebrate the New Year by going out New Year’s Eve and drinking large quantities of their favorite adult beverage. I celebrate by throwing a scrumptious New Year’s Day Brunch. Of course, there are adult beverages for those who need the “hair of the dog” or for those who abstained the night before. Here’s […]
My copper collection started with a gleaming copper-and-brass chafing dish my mother brought home one day. She was in a silver plating shop, having silver platters replated, when it caught her eye. Someone had brought it in to be polished and never picked it up. The storeowner sold it to her and home it came. […]