Brunch Is Hell

How to Save the World by Throwing a Dinner Party

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By Brendan Francis Newnam

By Rico Gagliano

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A call to arms against BRUNCH . . . and a how-to guide for fighting back, from the hosts of the hit podcast and public radio show The Dinner Party Download

Society is under threat. The culprit? BRUNCH. Not merely a forum for overpriced eggs, brunch is a leisure-time-squandering hellscape, embodying all that is soul-killing and alienating about modern life.

How to fight back? By throwing dinner parties — the cornerstone of civilized society! Dinner parties — where friends new and old share food, debate ideas, and boldly build hangovers together. If we revive the fading art of throwing dinner parties the world will be better off, and our country might heal its wounds of endless division, all without having to wait in a 9-hour line to eat toast.

To that end, Brunch is Hell takes hesitant hosts through every phase of throwing a great dinner party, from guest list to subpoena. Loaded with wit, celebrity advice, and tongue-in-cheek humor — plus sincere insights about how humans can be more generous to each other — Brunch is Hell is a spirited guide to restoring civility, in the bestselling tradition of Adulting, Amy Sedaris’ I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence, and the Bible.

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On Sale
Dec 5, 2017
Page Count
224 pages
ISBN-13
9780316338950

Brendan Francis Newnam

About the Author

Brendan Francis Newnam and Rico Gagliano are the creators, hosts, and producers of The Dinner Party Download, a public radio show and podcast about culture and food named the “Best Food Podcast” from the Academy of Podcasters. They were named two of Food & Wine‘s “Forty Big Food Thinkers Forty and Under,” and have appeared as judges on Top Chef Masters. They each write food, design, and travel articles for national print outlets.

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Rico Gagliano

About the Author

Brendan Francis Newnam and Rico Gagliano are the creators, hosts, and producers of The Dinner Party Download, a public radio show and podcast about culture and food named the “Best Food Podcast” from the Academy of Podcasters. They were named two of Food & Wine‘s “Forty Big Food Thinkers Forty and Under,” and have appeared as judges on Top Chef Masters. They each write food, design, and travel articles for national print outlets.

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