The Royal Chef At Home: Easy Seasonal Entertaining

I amgoing tomake a plea to everyone frantically trying to get a restaurant reservation on Mother’s Day: just stop the madness. It’s crazy that we all feel obliged to take our mothers and wives out for a crowded and loud late breakfast where the waiters are trying to get you in and out in record time so they and the restaurant owners can make as much money as possible. The result? Sadly, too often the food and service are mediocre. Here’s a better suggestion: buy a beautiful bouquet of flowers and put them on your table, get the kids to make a lovely homemade card, grab your and the kid’s cell phones and hide them away in a tall cabinet, open a bottle (or two) of prosecco and set out some nice fluted glasses, put on your mother’s (or wife’s) favorite music—anything from ABBA to The New Seekers to Phil Collins to The Black Eyed Peas, and cook something that she and the whole family loves to eat. It doesn’t have to be complicated, fancy or overwrought. Just delicious. Most importantly though, don’t forget to raise those glasses of prosecco and tell all the Mum's around your table how much you appreciate all they have done and that you love them. Full stop. Oh, and don’t forget the hugs. MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH

35 SPRING · MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH