Brunch Is Hell, Brendan Francis Newnam
Brunch Is Hell, Brendan Francis Newnam
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Brunch Is Hell
How to Save the World by Throwing a Dinner Party

Author: Brendan Francis Newnam, Rico Gagliano

Narrator: Brendan Francis Newnam, Rico Gagliano

Unabridged: 4 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/05/2017

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Allison

Catchy title, but probably a more accurate title would be "How to Throw a Dinner Party." And still, it was witty and had amazing one-liners/quips that made me laugh. While it was fairly short, I couldn't believe a book on dinner parties could still be so long. And while it did make me want to throw......more

Goodreads review by Jaclyn

This book made me laugh out loud more than any I can remember reading recently. It's both snarky and earnest, blending practical advice with humor for a fast-reading primer on relaxed hosting. As the authors point out, too many of us hold ourselves to high standards when it comes to dinner parties. R......more

Goodreads review by Victoria

Found it in the work kitchen and it gave me a few laughter-filled commutes. Now on to checking out their podcast!......more

Quotes

"A spirited call to arms against brunch, with unexpected reasons for throwing a dinner party... the humorous guide hand-holds hesitant hosts through every phase."—Furthermore

"Equally informative, impassioned, and hilarious, Gagliano and Newnam rescue the dinner party from the dark forces of brunch with great verve and valor."—J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest

"Our fearless heroes offer a book full of the secret thoughts we all harbor about entertaining. It's social venting with real solutions--read: advice you'd WANT to use--and a heavy helping of humor."—Lizzie Post, author of Emily Post's Etiquette, 19th edition

"These guys are good."—Dick Cavett

"The icebreaker that helped public radio loosen up."—Los Angeles Times

"This podcast has become our secret weapon at parties and events where we know there will be a lot of mingling."—Apartment Therapy

"Fascinating."—Goop

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