English Breakfast: Reinvented Classics and New Variations from the Wolseley

This book celebrates everything that makes breakfast (and its cousin, brunch) special from the country that has raised it to the level of culinary art. While often called the most important meal of the day, here is proof that breakfast can also be the most delicious: traditional as well as imaginative ways to prepare eggs, delicious pastries and breads, hearty porridges, meats and fish. Best of all, included is the definitive guide to assembling a hearty "full English breakfast"—perfect for entertaining or for a romantic breakfast for two. Inspired by London’s iconic restaurant, The Wolseley, the book evokes the unique atmosphere of this beautifully restored Art Deco gem where breakfast has become an institution and a celebration. The Wolseley is a cross between a Parisian brasserie and a cozy Viennese cafe, attracting a large number of Americans as well as London’s elite. Whether simple fresh fruit or the full English breakfast everyone recalls from their college year abroad, these pages contain everything there is to know about cooking, serving, and enjoying breakfast and will be the key to starting every day as if it were "breakfast at the Wolseley"—with effortless elan.

A. A. Gill is the author of numerous books including books on two of London’s most famous restaurants, The Ivy and Le Caprice. Based in London, he is a restaurant critic for the Sunday Times and is a contributing editor to GQ, Vanity Fair and Australian Gourmet Traveller magazines.