{"id":81987,"date":"2018-02-08T16:23:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T22:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=81987"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:18:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:18:02","slug":"podcast-378-brunch-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/social\/etiquette\/podcast-378-brunch-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #378: Brunch Is Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to my guest <span class=\"s2\">today<\/span>, the past decade has seen the rise of a truly soul-sucking food trend. In fact, he argues it\u2019s creating a hell on earth.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What is this mealtime monster?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s brunch.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">My guest&#8217;s name is Brendan Newnam and he, along with his co-author Rico Gagliano, is on a mission to destroy brunch and bring back the dinner party with their new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0316338958\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0316338958&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess&amp;linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4\"><em>Brunch Is Hell<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Brendan and I begin our conversation discussing why brunch has become big business in America, but why he thinks it\u2019s terrible for us individually and also as a society. We then dig into why we should bring back the dinner party as the preferred mealtime social event. Brendan explains why hosting a dinner party is pretty dang manly and why dinner parties are so much better than brunch. He then gets into the nitty gritty of hosting a dinner party, including the optimal day to schedule one, the best way to invite people, and who to invite. Brendan shares why the food isn\u2019t the most important thing at a dinner party, while also providing some easy entree options that people will love. We end our conversation discussing how to handle small talk and controversial discussion topics, why the party is just getting started after the food has been eaten, and how to give people the hint they need to leave if they&#8217;re staying too long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">After listening to this show, you\u2019ll be jonesing to host a dinner party of your own.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to my guest today, the past decade has seen the rise of a truly soul-sucking food trend. In fact, he argues it\u2019s creating a hell on earth.&nbsp; What is this mealtime monster? 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