SOMEHOW WE'VE STUMBLED INTO

THE CENTER OF THE ZEITGEIST AGAIN

As soon as we decide to start brunch,

The New York Times

publishes a column called "Brunch is for Jerks" by David Shaftel

and more than 300 readers respond (mostly in favor of brunch)

AND SO THE EXISTENTIAL QUESTION ARISES....

WHAT IS BRUNCH & WHY DOES IT MATTER?

BRUNCH DEFINED

Brunch is a combination of breakfast and lunch eaten usually during the late morning but it can extend to as late as 3pm on Sundays. The word is a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch. Brunch originated in England in the late 1800s and was erved in a buffet style.

The 1896 supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary cites Punch magazine which wrote that the term was coined in Britain in 1895 to describe a Sunday meal for "Saturday-night carousers" in the writer Guy Beringer's article "Brunch: A Plea" in Hunter's Weekly.

According to The Smithsonian:

"What does seem certain is that the word "brunch"- that playful blend of "breakfast" and "lunch"- first appeared in print in an 1895 Hunter's Weekly article. In "Brunch: A Plea," British author Guy Beringer suggested an alternative to the heavy, post-church Sunday meals in favor of lighter fare served late in the morning. ''Brunch is cheerful, sociable and inciting,'' Beringer says. ''It is talk-compelling. It puts you in a good temper, it makes you satisfied with yourself and your fellow beings, it sweeps away the worries and cobwebs of the week.'

But wherever the initial spark of genius came from, the tradition definitely seems to have caught on in the United States in the 1930s, possibly because Hollywood stars making transcontinental train trips frequently stopped off in Chicago to enjoy a late morning meal."

POSSIBLY MORE RELEVANT- WHAT IS BRUNCH AT MOSCOW 57?

THIS SUNDAY!

GRACE GARLAND

will take you someplace

brunch has never gone before

Ms. Grace Garland is a triple-threat: Singer-Actress -Songwriter! (and author of the "funny/raunchy" self-help book "Loneliness Makes You Stupid!")

Grace uses her sexy, sultry voice to fuse jazz with asoup�on of R&B flavor. She has shared the stage with such legendary musicians as jazz pianists Peter Cincotti, Cyrus Chestnut,Evgeny Lebedev, Misha Tsiganov, Leonid Ptashka, flutist Ms. Bobbi Humphrey, songwriter Julie Gold, singer Jessica Simpson, violinist Hannes Beckmann, and more.

Ms. Garland's voice can also be heard on TV and radio commercials, most notably one with blues guitarist B. B. King!

She's won a TIMMY Award for "Best Singer"; a "Most Romantic Voice" Award at The Novosibirsk Jazz Festival, but, GRACE GARLAND is most proud of being a recipient of a Service Award from the USO, and a Bob Caviano Service Award from LIFEbeat /Hearts&Voices,the Music Industry Fights AIDS!

Grace's Jazz Duo performs in New York City EVERY Thursday at The Anyway Cafe 34 East 2nd Street, 9pm-12am...AND she continually tours as a headliner playing LIVE at Jazz festivals around the world, as well as, Clubs and Concert halls.