Bunny Brunch 2015

Easter and Spring is ideal time to have guests over for brunch.

And this week, the Lunch Bunch

(which should be called for this Tuesday the Brunch Bunch)

came for Brunch!

It's to Holy Week

but it is close to Easter

so an Easter (Bunny) theme seemed appropriate.

In the dining room 

with a Quaker Lace tablecloth

A silver basket filled with white hyacinths

(which smell heavenly)

bookended on either side by a "chocolate" rabbit

(Bought years and years apart --

the first one at an after Easter sale at a Posh Plaza store

the second years and years later at a shop here in our little town)

And a scattering of eggs

(really Easter malted milk balls!)

It's Spring,

the beloved blue and white is not on the table today

But the Pembroke for it's colors and flowers and bird

seems so like spring!

A white damask napkin in a silver ring

Jim's grandmother's cutlery

A menu, of course

And a ribbon tied sack of Easter treats for each guest

A pansy on the butter

And the Brunch Menu?

An asparagus quiche and a salad of citrus and olives with a

sprinkling of oil and vinegar

"Bunny" muffins

My mother's name for carrot muffins served at Eastertide

The recipe from Mimi's Restaurant

Taken from the website when they offered the recipe

(they don't any longer -- so it is a revered recipe!)

And the best part of Brunch

It's breakfast mostly

But it's breakfast with dessert

(that's the difference between a big breakfast and a brunch!)

It's Easter and our dessert reflected the season --

Easter egg cakes on a bed of Grand Marinered fruit.

It's an old Martha Stewart recipe

And it is so clever -- but it's also good!

It's Thursday and I'm joining Susan at Between Naps On the Porch for Tablescape Thursday.