Memoir of the Sunday Brunch

from baystateRA

There are a lot of food-related memoirs out there, but Memoir of the Sunday Brunch by Julia Pandl is an enjoyable take on growing up in a Wisconsin restaurant family that will resonate with a lot of readers. Maybe especially those who grew up in the late 70s/early 80s when middle-class children h...

from mchwest

This was a wonderful book about life in a big family and a long time family restaurant. Hearing the tail from the youngest of one children was very well written, I could truly see in my mind her life growing up with dad as the chef and chief of the family. Nice read.

from Donura1

Julia Pandl's wonderful account of growing up in the Pandl family restaurant, Memoir of the Sunday Brunch, is a touching tribute to her parents and particularly to her eccentric father, George, who was chief cook but not bottle washer. There has to be a lot of humor in large family and hers is no...

from MartyAllen

Part one is fairly amusing. Readers will chuckle at some of Pandl's stories and smile in their own remembrance at others. However, there is little consistency--at first the story seems to be about food, then it veers to family, then swings to her own memories. The second part is hardly worth read...

from BookConcierge

Julia Pandl was the youngest of nine children born to Terry and George Pandl. Her father ran a very popular restaurant in a suburb of Milwaukee WI that was particularly famous for Sunday Brunch. At the age of 12 Julie began working in the restaurant - without salary. Her first job was "pick up th...