A great feast for brunch made from leftovers.
Out to brunch Make for the Intercontinental Hotel (16) on City Hall Way (00 254 20 32 00 000; www.ihg.com).
Les 400 Coups (12 bis, rue de la Villette, 19th Arrondissement, les400coups.eu/The-restaurant.html; closed through Aug. 21) has a play area for kids, and a weekend brunch made from fresh ingredients.
Out to brunch Make for one of Joburg's most appealing green spaces, Zoo Lake (24), where Moyo is the perfect family-friendly chill-out spot, with multiple dining and lounging areas (00 27 11 646 0058; moyo.com).
The mainstay of a Medellín diet is the "bandeja paisa": a full Colombian brunch, made up of meat, rice, clusters of pork scratchings, fried plantains, beans, chorizo and fried cheese.
The first person to coin the term, Guy Beringer, writing in 1895, claimed that "by eliminating the need to get up early on Sunday", brunch makes "life brighter for Saturday-night carousers" – but concern is growing that its popularity is encouraging overindulgence.
Since my mother-in-law serves holiday meals early in the day (year after year, I flash-engrave the invitations in my mind: Please join us for Thanksgiving brunch! Make Easter roast lamb a part of your complete breakfast!), we're usually on the road during peak egg-eating hours.
That it serves a top-notch brunch makes it a must this summer.
And knowing you get to wake up the next day and go over to your boyfriend's nice clean bedroom for a cuddle and a wholesome brunch makes it even better, in my experience.
While she enjoyed the grand gesture — flying performers in from New York City for her Drag Queen Brunch — she made Roshambo the highlight of Sonoma County wine events by cranking up the live music and encouraging her friends to forgo the sober sipping and spitting and simply drink her wine.
