Part of the Meals series

Common meals...

Breakfast

Second breakfast

Elevenses

Brunch

Tiffin

Lunch

Tea

Dinner

Supper

Dessert

Snack

See also...

Cuisine | Kitchen Meals image This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... For the coarsely ground flour, see flour. ... Breakfast is the first meal of the day, preceding lunch or dinner and is eaten in the morning. ... Second breakfast is a meal eaten after breakfast, but before lunch. ... In the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, elevenses is a snack that is similar to afternoon tea, but eaten in the morning. ... Tiffin is an Indian and British term for a light meal eaten during the day. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Tea (the meal, as opposed to the beverage), means different things in different countries. ... An amount of formality may be present at a dinner Dinner is the main meal of a day, normally cooked food consisting of animal proteins and starch products like rice, noodles, or potatoes. ... Supper is the evening meal - ordinarily the last meal of the day, usually the meal that comes after dinner. ... A selection of desserts Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a dinner, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses. ... Assorted snacks, including many varieties of candy. ... A cuisine (from French cuisine, meaning cooking; culinary art; kitchen; itself from Latin coquina, meaning the same; itself from the Latin verb coquere, meaning to cook) is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a place of origin. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

Brunch is a late morning meal between the typical time for breakfast and lunch, as a replacement for both meals, usually eaten when one rises too late to eat breakfast, or as a specially-planned meal. The term is a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch. While common in the United States, unlike "tiffin", the term originated in 1896 as British student slang (as cited in Punch magazine). Brunch can be served after a morning event or prior to an afternoon one, such as a wedding or sporting event. It is usually a more relaxed meal than breakfast or lunch, and considered appropriate for informal celebrations. One episode of The Simpsons[1] described brunch as: "It's not quite breakfast, it's not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end. You don't get completely what you get at breakfast, but you get a good meal." Breakfast is the first meal of the day, preceding lunch or dinner and is eaten in the morning. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Breakfast is the first meal of the day, preceding lunch or dinner and is eaten in the morning. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Tiffin is an Indian and British term for a light meal eaten during the day. ... Punch was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Trinomial name Cucumis melo cantalupensis Cucumis melo reticulatus Naudin. ...

Some restaurants and hotels serve brunch, especially on Sundays and holidays. Such brunches are often serve-yourself buffets, but menu-ordered meals may be available instead of, or with, the buffet. The meal usually involves standard breakfast foods such as eggs, pancakes, sausages, bacon, ham, fruits, pastries, and the like. However, it can include almost any other type of food served throughout the day. Buffets may have quiche, large roasts of meat or poultry, cold seafood like shrimp and smoked fish, salads, soups, vegetable dishes, many types of breadstuffs, and desserts of all sorts. Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to order, to be consumed on the premises. ... The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. ... A Chinese buffet restaurant in the U.S. A buffet (buh-FAY or /bə.ˈfei/) is a meal-serving system where patrons serve themselves. ... In a restaurant, a menu is the list of options for a diner to select. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Two American-style pancakes A pancake is a batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle with oil or butter. ... It has been suggested that makkara be merged into this article or section. ... Bacon is any of certain cuts of meat taken from the sides, back or belly of a pig, cured and possibly smoked. ... Ham with cloves Technically, ham is the thigh and buttock of any animal that is slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of pork, the haunch of a pig or boar. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... Pastry the name given to various kinds of dough made from ingredients such as flour, butter and eggs, that are rolled out thinly and used as the base for baked goods. ... Mediterranean quiche In cooking, a quiche (IPA: ) (also known in British English as a flan) is a pie that is made primarily of eggs and cream in a pastry crust. ... Roast is a term used in a number of contexts. ... Flesh redirects here. ... Ducks amongst other poultry The Poultry-dealer, after Cesare Vecellio. ... Spaghetti with seafood (Spaghetti allo scoglio). ... Superfamilies Alpheoidea Atyoidea Bresilioidea Campylonotoidea Crangonoidea Galatheacaridoidea Nematocarcinoidea Oplophoroidea Palaemonoidea Pandaloidea Pasiphaeoidea Procaridoidea Processoidea Psalidopodoidea Stylodactyloidea True shrimp are small, swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. ... A giant grouper at the Georgia Aquarium Fish are aquatic vertebrates that are typically cold-blooded; covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. ... Salad Platter Salad is a term applied broadly to many food preparations that are a mixture of chopped or sliced ingredients. ... Soup is a savoury liquid food that is made by combining ingredients, such as meat, vegetables and beans in stock or hot water, until the flavor is extracted, forming a broth. ... Vegetables in a market Venn diagram representing the relationship between (botanical) fruits and vegetables. ... Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... A selection of desserts Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a dinner, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses. ...

The dim sum brunch is a popular meal in Chinese restaurants world-wide. It consists of a wide variety of stuffed bao (buns), dumplings, and other savory or sweet food items which have been steamed, deep-fried, or baked. Customers select small portions from passing carts, as the kitchen continuously produces and sends out more freshly prepared dishes. Dim sum (Chinese: 點心; Cantonese IPA: dɪm2sɐm1; Pinyin: diǎnxīn; Wade-Giles: tien-hsin; literally dot heart or order heart, meaning order to ones hearts content; also commonly translated as touch the heart, dotted heart, or snack), a Cantonese term... A dumpling may be any of a wide variety of dishes, both sweet and savoury, in several different cuisines. ...

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Brunch meals are one of the offerings made by restaurants and diners as special occasion meals during holidays such as Valentine's or Mother’s Day. It is not uncommon for these holiday brunch services to require advance reservations; and the restaurant features special pricing and themed dining selections on its brunch menu. Restaurants that cater to the brunch trade may offer brunch as late as 5 p.m. on weekends, though cutoff times between 2 and 3 p.m. are more common. Valentines redirects here. ... Mothers Day is a holiday honoring mothers, celebrated (on various days) in many places around the world. ...

Regional Variations

New York City

Despite the name, which suggests a meal half-way between breakfast and lunch, brunch in New York City typically consists of breakfast food eaten later than a regular lunch, in the afternoon on Saturdays and Sundays. Eggs, French toast, pancakes, hash browns and other standard breakfast foods are usually accompanied by coffee, and often by a Mimosa, champagne, or Bloody Mary -- a hair of the dog that bit you. New York brunch is rarely a buffet, except perhaps in large hotels. French toast serving French toast (also known as Fried Eggy Bread) is a popular breakfast main course in North America, parts of Europe, and Hong Kong. ... Two American-style pancakes A pancake is a batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle with oil or butter. ... A hash brown (frequently in the pural: hashed browns) is a food made of fried diced or shredded potatoes. ... A Mimosa is a cocktail composed of three parts champagne and two parts thoroughly chilled orange juice, traditionally served in a tall champagne flute with a morning brunch. ... Champagne is often consumed as part of a celebration Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of wine to effect carbonation. ... A Bloody Mary is a cocktail containing vodka, tomato juice, and usually other spices or flavorings such as Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, beef consomme or bouillon, horseradish, celery or celery salt, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice. ... Hair Of The Dog is a 1975 album, by the Scottish rock band Nazareth. ...

The grease-heavy meal is eaten later in New York than in other places because it is often used as a hangover remedy for those who stay out late drinking on Friday or Saturday nights. The alcohol-fueled New York nightlife can often push brunch well into the afternoon, after everyone has slept off the previous night's excesses. A hangover (veisalgia) is the sum of unpleasant physical effects following heavy consumption of alcohol. ...

A variation of the New York brunch, originating with New York Jews, consists of bagels and their traditional accompaniments, including: "shmears" (cream cheeses of various flavors), tomatoes, red onions, capers, and lox. This is often called a "bagel brunch," and now celebrated far outside the confines of New York, often as far as Hartford, Connecticut. Lox can stand for any of several things: Lox (salmon) - a type of salmon produce LOx (oxidizer) - liquid oxygen used as oxidizer in aerospace The Lox - was a Yonkers, NY-based rap trio This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

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