Brunch

I rarely have brunch. We do go out for lunch sometimes on the weekend and have omelets or pancakes, but that always seems like lunch and not brunch. So not only did we get to have a real brunch this weekend, but we got to visit with our good friends Kathleen and David as well.

Brunch was a frittata with a crispy hash-brown crust, blue cheese inside and asparagus and Hempler’s nitrate-free bacon on top – I’d have it again any time. Not to mention Kathleen’s homemade walnut, fig and fennel bread. I think I should eat brunch more often!

Kathleen and David are not 100 percent off the grid at their house in the hills above Quilcene, Washington, but they are aiming for something close to that, with solar panels, three gigantic cisterns on the edge of the property and thoughtful green technology throughout the house that they built. David is a woodworker who creates beautiful cutting boards and wooden boxes when he is not working on someone’s new kitchen cabinets or building his own house – you can see one of his cutting boards and more of his work by clicking here. Kathleen is a talented jeweler and ceramics artist.

   

Interspersed with a tour of their property and catching up with family news, Kathleen showed me her favorite cookbook. She noted that if she could only have one cookbook, this would be the one. Hmmm. . .an interesting question for another blog post – What is my must-have cookbook?