What if, when it comes to breakfast, monotony is a good thing? What if it gives us an opportunity – for once, in these choice-crazy times – to focus on improving what’s there, rather than worrying about what might have been instead? … When was the last time you heard someone complain about how monotonous and predictable it was when, first thing in the morning, they are greeted by a sunrise?
– Seb Emina, The Breakfast Bible
Hear! Hear! And good morning. A couple of weeks ago I had the great pleasure to attend the launch party for The Breakfast Bible, a “compendium of recipes for the classic and time-honoured dishes of breakfasting tradition around the world”. I nabbed a copy for myself while there (actually author Seb Emina was gracious enough to offer me one) and thoroughly enjoyed engrossing myself in the intro on my way back home.
Since then, I’ve had a lot of fun skimming through the rest of this lovely 256 page ode to the “foremost meal” or a regular basis. I’ve even tried one of the several brekkie recipes included in the book: biscuits and gravy. And as a son of the American south, I approve! Next up, I think I’ll attempt making the “Full English Baozi”.
If you love breakfast but haven’t read this newly published work of delicious dedication by Seb Emina and Malcolm Eggs (of The London Review of Breakfasts fame), you should. The book is written with dry wit, authority and spread thick with useful knowledge and quirky fact. Published by Bloomsbury in hardback with plenty of glossy pics and retailing for around £15, it’s a treat.
More info here:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-breakfast-bible-9781408804810/
