"As a chef, I saw [brunch] as a devil’s bargain in that it was irresistibly profitable but came at the cost of an unhappy kitchen staff."

"As a customer on my days off, I hated it because it was crowded, and my hate was only enhanced by my knowledge of the actual food costs versus the inflated menu prices. Later, as an unemployable drug addict, The only jobs I could get were as a brunch specialist (because no one else at good restaurants wanted to cook eggs) which is why the smell of home fries will always smell like shame and defeat to me... [A]ccess to unlimited mimosas seems to invite a crowd inclined to all varieties of douchery."

Wrote Anthony Bourdain, in email quoted in "Are We Done Hating Brunch?" (The New Yorker).

We were just talking about brunch in an April 28th post titled, "This article is sad to me. It looks like the patrons are mainly women desperate for something that can never be found," about a WaPo article called, "'You can never have too many mimosas’: How brunch became the day-wrecking meal that America loves to hate."

ADDED: Here's my best brunch... or at least the best brunch I ever photographed:



Blogged here in 2008.