New Year's Day Brunch

3 old friends from back in the day, 2 spouses and one 2 year old came over for brunch. Made butter and hummus yesterday, set fish for curing then, too. This morning made bagels, using 1oo% bread flour and despite the extra gluten almost blowing out my mixer, they were definitely chewier and crisper for it. I had poppy seeds, sesame seeds and dried onion on hand to top some of them. The fish came out extra mild, almost like salty sashimi, fortunately the fish was extra fatty so it really transmitted the curing flavors it did absorb.

Good friends, good food, a chillaxed atmosphere, and Edie was bopping around and thrilled to be there -- last year she was just a gestational bump riding along B's hip bones.

BREAKFAST: 8am, small piece of babka, apple cider, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

BRUNCH: 1pm, freshly baked bagel with freshly cured salmon, maitre d'hotel butter and cream cheese, several pieces of babka, seltzer, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 7pm, fresh pasta with school-made meatballs, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Dressed with garlic, oil and parm. Pretty good.