How to lighten the mood? Homemade brunch!

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Before the pandemic, one of my favorite ways to celebrate a special occasion was by going to brunch in New York City. Understandably, once the pandemic began, I knew that it would be a long, long time before I would see those city lights again. Rather than get down in the dumps, I decided to improvise and bring the brunch experience to my family home as a way to lighten the rather grim mood. A few weeks into the lockdown mandate in March 2020 I told my family to stay away from the kitchen. I organized a brunch with avocado toast, bacon, fried potatoes, and the centerpiece, a meal I had never made on my own, and a brunch staple, eggs benedict. I learned how to poach an egg for the first time with a few failed attempts. I then decorated the plates with the hollondaise sauce as if it were at a 5 star city restaurant. I made menus with drink options ranging from mimosas to bloody Mary’s and served my family, pretending I was out in the city for a celebratory brunch, despite the lack of celebrating going on in the world at the moment. Even if for an hour, this experience eating brunch lightened our moods and reminded us that despite what was going on outside our home, we at least had each other.

Date (Dublin Core)

March 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Jennifer Simone

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Jennifer Simone

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST515

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Home & Family Life

English Food & Drink

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

family

ASU

HST515

stuck

homemade

brunch

New York

meal

restaurant

celebration

#foodislife

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

family

brunch

food

Collection (Dublin Core)

Foodways

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 515 ASU assignment prompt

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

08/02/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/10/2021

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Covid 19

Arizona State University

This item was submitted on August 2, 2021 by Jennifer Simone using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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