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What’s for Brunch?

     Saturdays and Sundays were meant for leisurely brunches, but far too many of us are in such hurries that we rarely enjoy such a luxury.
     Foodies who dive into “Brunches With Punch,” Kathryn Jessup’s guide to who’s eating what in which East Bay restaurants, will find themselves wanting to make the time for Bay Area weekend late-morning dining. Jessup covers the sweet and savory sides of breakfast and lunch, tempting with the likes of crêpes and polenta toast at C’era Una Volta, house-made pork sausage and eggs baked in the wood-fired oven at Camino, chicken and waffles at Brown Sugar Kitchen, doughnuts and frittatas at Pizzaiolo, beignets and fried green tomatoes at Picán and “donettes” and scrambles at Flora. Mmmm. As Jessup points out, brunch is a little recessionary trick in that it’s usually much cheaper than a dinner out yet offers a great sampler of tastes. She also has advice on how to get the most out of your brunch experience.
     Meanwhile, Wanda Hennig chats roundtable fashion with some of the biggest and brightest culinary divas of the East Bay dining scene — Wendy Brucker, Tanya Holland, Cindy Lalime Krikorian, Marsha McBride, Barbara Mulas, Maggie Pond, Dona Savitsky and Rebekah Wood — to find out the lowdown on what being a female chef, restaurateur and foodie entrepreneur means in the Bay Area.
     And dining reviewer Derk Richardson visits the South via upscale Uptown’s Picán where he polishes off a Sazerac, fried chicken, ribs, brisket, chopped pork, macaroni and cheese, cornbread, truffle honey, “California Collards,” garlic grits, a pecan-chocolate tart and then some.
     Admit it: Food is a big part of why you love the East Bay so much. And now you have a few new reasons to go out to eat. See you at brunch. What are you having?

judy@oaklandmagazine.com