A good breakfast and a pinch of Peck
Peck invites you to take an unusual trip around the world: an appointment with breakfast.
Skipping breakfast means giving up an essential supply of energy to support the fast pace of everyday life but also denying yourself a moment of good humour and gastronomic delight.
Just like the other main meals, a good breakfast should provide a balanced consumption of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Although it is a sublime pleasure, drinking an espresso on the fly is not enough; Peck suggests that you allow yourself the small luxury of a well laid table and a snack consumed with a minimum of tranquillity.
What to eat? The possibilities are endless and can be dictated by imagination and gluttony, without exaggeration, varying every day. Foods that are most familiar to us are milk, biscuits, classic bread, butter and jam, but also yoghurt, fruits and cereals, a croissant with a cappuccino is without doubt a pleasant ritual, which may be repeated, looking at how breakfast is eaten around the world, perhaps taking advantage of the lengthier and more relaxed time of a week-end.
Weekend in London
The English are used to an abundant breakfast which is very different from the Italian style of breakfast, with fried eggs and strips of fried bacon , small sausages or finely sliced meat, hash browns, toast and mounds of butter. Other than tea and cereal with milk, a classic element of the British breakfast, especially for children, is porridge, which is an oatmeal based cream.
Weekend in New York
In the United States it is also traditional to eat salty foods for breakfast, with exception for breakfast sweets such as muffins, waffles and pancakes which are served with maple syrup.
The gastronomical invention in the United States which has become a real trend in our country as well is brunch, which is something in between breakfast and lunch. Brunch was first introduced in the seventies by various New York hotels in order to satisfy those customers that liked to sleep in. Brunch can be served at various times between eleven in the morning and four in the afternoon and has a very precise characteristic, you can eat what you please, salty or sweet. For a full brunch, yet with a refined Italian taste, Peck recommends Peck Italian Bar, which guarantees that the kitchen is always open and available to satisfy any whim.
Weekend in Paris
One cannot think of breakfast in Paris without the scent of freshly baked croissants or baguettes with mounds of butter and marmalade nor without fruit and cream cakes. For those with a bigger appetite there are omelettes or small cheese dishes with soft cheeses and thick cuts of farmer's ham. In order to have a French breakfast it is also possible to eat quiche and the famous croque-monsieur, which is a type of toast that is also called croque-madame when covered with a fried egg.
Weekend in Berlin
Bread and cereals are very important for Germans at breakfast, the same are always present on the table together with milk or yoghurt as well as sweets and fresh fruit and many types of marmalade. Just like in all cold climate countries, where breakfast is an important moment to eat hearty foods, cold cuts and sausages (somewhat different from ours, such as smoked ham, sausages and other cooked meats) and also cheese. The dish that stands out most? Frankfurters and sauerkraut, with mustard natürlich.
