List of brunch foods explained

This is a list of brunch foods and dishes. Brunch is a combination of breakfast and lunch eaten usually during the late morning but it can extend to as late as 2 pm and 8 pm on the East Coast, although some restaurants may extend the hours to a later time.^{[1] [2]} The word is a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch.^[3] Brunch originated in England in the late 1800s, served in a buffet style manner, and became popular in the United States in the 1930s.^[4]

Brunch foods and dishes

The following foods are often served for brunch.

• Avocado toast^[5]
• Bacon
• Bagel – in New York City, the "bagel brunch" was popular circa 1900. The bagel brunch consists of a bagel topped with lox, cream cheese, capers, tomato and red onion.
• Bagel and cream cheese^[6]
• Biscuits and gravy
• Blintz
• Bread and toast with butter and jams
• Breakfast sausage
• Brunch casserole – a simple casserole prepared with bread, eggs and bacon
• Cheese
• Chilaquiles
• Cinnamon rolls ^[7]
• Coffee cake
• Cold cuts
• Crêpe
• Croissant
• David Eyre's pancake
• Dim sum
• Dutch baby pancake
• Egg dishes
  • Eggs Benedict
  • Eggs bourguignon (Oeufs en meurette)
  • Eggs Neptune
  • Eggs Sardou
  • Fried egg
  • Huevos rancheros
  • Omelette
  • Poached egg
  • Scrambled eggs
• English muffin (in a variety of configurations)
• French toast
• Frittata
• Fruit^[8]
• Grillades – a common brunch dish in the U.S. state of Louisiana
• Grits – a staple food for breakfast and brunch in the Southern United States
• Ham
• Hash – such as corned beef hash
• Hash browns
• Meeshay
• Muesli
• Muffins
• Oysters Rockefeller
• Pancake
• Pastry
• Potato
• Potato pancake
• Potatoes O'Brien
• Quiche
• Quick bread
• Roasted meats
• Salads
  • Caesar salad
  • Cobb salad
• Poached salmon – may be served cold
• Seafood
• Smoked fish
• Smoked salmon
• Soufflé
• Soups
• Steak and eggs
• Strata
• Tartines
• Teacake
• Tea sandwich
• Terrine
• Touton
• Tunisian tajine^[9]
• Waffle

Brunch beverages

The following beverages are often served for brunch.

Alcoholic

• Bloody Mary
• Champagne
• Caesar, popular in Canada
• Irish coffee^[10]
• Mimosa
• Spritzer
• Frühschoppen (German: "morning pint") – can be various types of beverage
• Bellini
• Screwdriver

Non-alcoholic

• Coffee
• Herbal tea
• Juices
• Orange juice
• Tea
• Yum cha (Cantonese: "drink tea") – a tea that is typically served along with dim sum
• Sparkling water^[11]

See also

• Index of breakfast-related articles
• List of breakfast beverages
• List of breakfast foods
• List of culinary fruits
• List of fruit dishes
• Merienda – a light meal in various countries, usually taken in the afternoon or for brunch
• Second breakfast – a meal eaten after breakfast, but before lunch, it is traditional in Bavaria, Poland, and Hungary

Bibliography

• Book: Ternikar, F. . Brunch: A History . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers . The Meals Series . 2014 . 978-1-4422-2943-3 . 164 pages.

Further reading

• Web site: 12 Quick & Easy Brunch Recipes . . March 7, 2014 . August 27, 2015.
• Web site: Byrne . Christine . 21 Easy Brunch Dishes Even The Most Hungover Person Could Make . . December 28, 2014 . August 27, 2015.

Notes and References

1. Book: Palmatier, Robert Alan. Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms. 2000. Greenwood Press. 978-0313314360. 40. registration. Sunday brunch..
2. Web site: brunch (meal) . Memidex/WordNet Dictionary . 25 July 2011 . 2 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190402124517/http://www.memidex.com/brunch+meal . dead .
3. Web site: foodnetwork . https://web.archive.org/web/20030805153243/http://web.foodnetwork.com/food/web/encyclopedia/termdetail/0,7770,667,00.html . dead . 5 August 2003 . Web.foodnetwork.com . 24 August 2013 .
4. Book: Joy of Cooking: All About Breakfast and Brunch . Simon and Schuster . Rombauer, Irma S. . Becker, Marion Rombauer . Becker, Ethan . 2001 . 8 . 0743206428.
5. News: Howell . Madeleine . 2020-01-16 . Why healthy millennials are killing off the full English breakfast . en-GB . The Telegraph . 2023-06-28 . 0307-1235.
6. Book: Jenkins, J. . The Hollywood Trainer Weight-Loss Plan: 21 Days to Make Healthy Living a Lifetime Habit . Penguin Publishing Group . 2007 . 978-1-4406-2865-8 . July 18, 2017 . 227.
7. Book: Ternikar, F. . Brunch: A History . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers . The Meals Series . 2014 . 978-1-4422-2943-3 . 84.
8. Book: Ternikar, F. . Brunch: A History . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers . The Meals Series . 2014 . 978-1-4422-2943-3 . 16.
9. Web site: Recipe for Tunisian Tajine. Paula Wolfert. 2014-07-21.
10. Web site: 5 Ways To Make Irish Coffee. Prisco. Joanna. 14 March 2014. ABC News.
11. Book: Davis . K. . Cafe . Golden Pear . The Golden Pear Cafe Cookbook: Easy Luscious Recipes for Brunch and More from the Hamptons' Favorite Cafe . St. Martin's Press . 2006 . 978-0-312-34971-4 . January 18, 2017 . 171.