I can’t believe I forgot to review the Clinton St. Baking Company Cookbook: Breakfast, Brunch & Beyond from New York’s Favorite Neighborhood Restaurant when I made the po’boy sandwiches from it a few weeks ago. Duh! I had received a review copy from the publisher and they kindly offered an additional giveaway copy for one of my readers.
When I first received the cookbook, I wasn’t expecting much. From the publisher:
The Clinton St. Baking Company is one of the hottest brunch spots in a city obsessed with brunch. A tiny thirty-two-seat eatery on Manhattan’s trendy Lower East Side, the restaurant draws long lines of customers who come from far and wide to sample fresh-baked goods, hearty omelets, sugar-cured bacon, and light-as-air pancakes with maple butter.
In the Clinton St. Baking Company Cookbook, owners DeDe Lahman and Neil Kleinberg share more than 100 treasured recipes that have made their restaurant a sensation. Learn the secret to their house-made buttermilk biscuits and tomato jam, irresistible muffins and scones, delicious soups and sandwiches, and their decadent, eye-catching desserts. Helpful techniques, like Neil’s patented omelet “flip and tuck,” and gorgeous color photographs throughout will have readers cooking like pros in no time, and sharing the delicious results.
I don’t know why, but I was expecting a TON of breakfast food. I was pleasantly surprised to discover a number of neat little recipes and sauces. Best of all, it does a great job of explaining exactly how to cook things – it doesn’t assume you know how to make an omelet, or the best way to mix things when baking.
Congratulations Renee Richardson for winning!
To enter, simply comment below with the name of YOUR favorite brunch item. Entries will be accepted until January 6, 2011, midnight EST. Limited to the U.S. and Canada.
I love crepes for brunch. They seem so easy but so delicate and hard too, I have actually never made them but they are on my list.
French toast was always my stand-by while eating out, but now that I’ve pretty much mastered the best ever at home, I find myself trying some sort of savory specialty dish when at a restaurant.
Eggs cooked anyway with the addition of pesto. The pesto brings eggs from a breakfast food to brunch/lunch in a delicious way!
Biscuits…warm with lots of honey and butter.
Stuffed French Toast with a berry sauce drizzled over top…absolutely my favorite brunch item of all time.
Almond butter French toast is my favorite breakfast food!
I like Belgian sugar waffles. . .also frittata.
I love bagel turkey sandwich with tomato and bacon. I think it strikes just the right note between breakfast and lunch for me. Yum!
Egga Benedict is my favorite brunch item by far!
Lox and Bagels with cream cheese, fresh tomato slices and a slice of sweet onion. Are you hungry yet?
i like soup and toast
Fresh made Belgian Waffles with Fresh Strawberries is my favorite when we go out to brunch. LKVOYER at aol dot com
Eggs Benedict is usually my go-to menu item!
i would indulge in cups of coffee (with cream and sugar) and warm ooey-gooey sticky buns/cinnamon rolls.
I love a good omelet or a yummy waffle with fresh strawberries!!
Definetely the Hangtown Fry from Zell’s in Portland, OR. Best oyster dish I’ve ever had….
My favorite brunch item is Eggs Benedict. My mom this for my dad and my sister and I when we were kids. Just told my sis the other day, “I need to make Eggs Benedict, remember mom’s.”
I also love Eggs Benedict. But waffles are a close 2nd!
Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict!
I like ham and mushroom quiche for brunch.
twoofakind12@yahoo.com
I think I’d have to say that a favorite brunch item would be a really good omelet. It would have to have some fancy fillings like sauteed sweet onions, browned mushrooms, roasted red peppers, goat cheese, fresh basil…Yum !
Omelets are my favorite.
My favorite brunch item is waffles. Mmmmm!
Belgian waffles with whatever topping we’re in the mood for! Thank you!
That’s a tough one….a good stuffed french toast with fresh berries is good….or if I can get a REAL AUTHENTIC NY bagel with cream cream and maybe some lox and some hot coffee with cream that would be pretty good too!
Thanks!
good quality bread toased w/ a bit of sharp cheddar on the side.
We always have Christmas brunch at my parents and I don’t know the name of the dish – but my Dad made a casserole with garlic, spinach, eggs, bacon and ham that was divine!!! Loved it! I HAVE to get the recipe!
mmm i love brunch – with omelets 🙂
I love scones
eggs and bacon
We just made a breakfast ham and cheese souffle. It was yummy. I also love scone. =0)
I LOVE Eggs Benedict as a go-to food.
Quiche or a mushroom cheese omelette
Stuffed French Toast
I love french toast for brunch! So yummy!
veggie omelets are my favorite!
Our favorite thing for brunch is sausage and scrambled eggs.
At Home: French Toast with (of all things) grape jelly. My auntie used to make it for us when we were little. Such fond memories….
Dining Out: Eggs Benedict or good ole fashioned Biscuits and Gravy.
My favorite is omeletes.
My favorite brunch item is a Quiche Lorraine.
homemade biscuits have to be the fav for me
Do mimosas count? Oh, you mean food? Then eggs benedict is a top pick!
Ha! Mimosas work for me!
I love crepes, but really they seem more desertish than breakfast
I like quiche! And ditto on the mimosas! That’s really the excuse for brunch!
nancymeyer1 at gmail dot com
Quiche is my favorite!
I love scrambled eggs with green onions and cheese,grits,smoked turkey sausage and homemade biscuits!
Thanks!
I love egg and ham quiche – with a tall glass of orange juice. Thanks for the chance to win!
Classic Eggs Benedict – can’t beat the original!
I love to have strawberry blintzes for brunch.
omelet or fritatta
Does champagne count? And anything with crab.
I love Egs Benedict. Before I go to a brunch I always check to make sure they have them. I have made them myself but they taste just a little better when someone else does all of the work.
My favorite Brunch Item is baked panfish fillets with fresh lemon
jason(at)allworldautomotive(dot)com
I like pancakes with over easy eggs “put to bed” (tucked in between the pancakes)
eggs benedict please!
French Toast!
Fruit salad and an egg based casserole.
Thanks for the chance.
joosbornenc at yahoo dot com
I like it when breakfast quiche is an option or, if not, a tasty omelet
What a difficult decision! I’d have to go with an apple danish. Yum!
eggs benedict!
ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com
Shrimp Cocktail!
French Toast and bacon
I love stuffed french toast with fresh fruit and bacon or sausage. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway 🙂
mrsjohnson1982 at yahoo dot com
i love onion bagels and cream cheese
i love to have bacon for brunch
Crab cake eggs benedict, though I did just recently try the pancakes at Clinton St. over the holidays and they definitely would be up there, especially with the butter flavored maple syrup.
My favorite Brunch item is french toast
croissants
I love French toast!
Stuffed French Toast covered in chopped pecans! Yummy!
I’m all about the breakfast taco – warm flour tortilla, scrambled eggs, some bacon and any other bits to just toss in.
French toast for me
I like spinach and swiss quiche.