Holiday Hoop-La
If you're in the Napa/Sonoma area this holiday season, you should sit out on the patio (mimosa in hand) at El Dorado Kitchen and enjoy this Sonoma restaurant's fantastic Sunday Brunch. While Ad Hoc and The Boon Fly Cafe area all loaded with people, locals always seem to forget this incredible place. I checked it out last weekend with a few friends. We sat under space heaters with the cool California sun overhead, sipped coffee, spread butter on tiny pumpkin muffins and stuffed ourselves with prosciutto omelettes, salmon and yukon gold potato cakes, eggs benedict and braised beef hash. (Tip: Order a poached egg and a bit of hollandaise for the salmon and potato cake.)
If you're not up for a three hour, nap-inducing meal, there's also El Dorado Kitchen's coffee shop, which has live bluegrass and folk music and fantastic take away goodies. I cannot believe this place isn't packed every weekend!
If you'd rather eat in, might I suggest bacon waffles with whipped cream and fruit and a handful of fantastic, food-loving loved ones? It's best if you slip whole strips of bacon into the batter after it's been poured onto the waffle iron.
I'd share all the delicious details of my warm, gooey Thanksgiving weekend, but I've only got a few days with my family here in Arkansas. I don't want to waste those moments on AficioNada. Not when I could be icing gingerbread boys with my mama or snuggled into a booth with my dad, stepmom and sister, indulging in an Ed Walkers burger and a strawberry shake.
However you choose to celebrate this holiday season, remember the key ingredients are friends and family.
Happy Holidays!
Brooke
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