SOCIETY IS UNDER THREAT. THE CULPRIT? BRUNCH.
Not merely a forum for overpriced eggs, brunch is a leisure-time-squandering hellscape, embodying all that is soul-killing and alienating about modern life.
How to fight back? By throwing a DINNER PARTY — the cornerstone of civilized society!
Yes, a dinner party — where friends new and old share food, debate ideas, and boldly build hangovers together. If we revive the fading art of throwing dinner parties, the world will be better off, and our country might heal its wounds of endless division... all without having to wait in a 9-hour line to eat toast.
BRUNCH IS HELL takes hesitant hosts through every phase of throwing a great dinner party, from guest list to subpoena. Loaded with wit, celebrity advice, and tongue-in-cheek humor, it's a spirited guide to restoring civility.
“Equally informative, impassioned, and hilarious, Gagliano and Newnam rescue the dinner party from the dark forces of brunch with great verve and valor.”
GET THE BOOK
Whether you order it online, grab it at your local brick-and-mortar bookshop, or steal it off your best friend's coffee table, obtaining a copy of BRUNCH IS HELL is the first step in joining our Dinner Party Army! A.k.a. our Dinner Parmy. Click below to enlist!
SEE US ON TOUR
From NYC to Pasadena, we'll be touring the country to discuss the dangers of brunch, until eggs named "Benedict" return to the hell from whence they came. Click below to see if we're coming to your town!
READ OUR PRESS
From The Wall Street Journal to the airwaves of NPR, check out all the nice things people are saying about Brunch Is Hell — a New York Times "New and Noteworthy" book, and an Amazon "Best Books of the Month" pick.
DIG OUR RESUME
Former quickfire judges on Top Chef Masters, two of Food & Wine magazine's "40 Creative People Under 40," creators of the award-winning national public radio show The Dinner Party Download... Wow, we didn't realize we'd done so much until we were forced to write this bio.