Breakfast for The Feast Of All Saints

 Songs for The Feast Of All Saints

by Christina Rossetti

Love is the key of life and death,

Of hidden heavenly mystery;

Of all Christ is, of all He saith,

Love is the key. 

       ''The breakfast is the most important meal of the day, because it is the first thing that happens every morning, and it thus strikes the note, so to speak, of the day's harmony.

       Breakfast varies more than any other meal in the number and kind of dishes served - from the cup of coffee and single small roll, brought to your bedroom in some of the European countries, to the hotel breakfast of the United States, which consists of nearly as many dishes as a course dinner. But whatever the breakfast, it should be remembered that it is the opening adventure of the morning, and no pains should be spared to make it an agreeable one. If nothing more is desired than toast and coffee, the standard for these two should be nothing short of excellence. Indeed the fewer dishes served for breakfast, the greater the perfection called for in these few, since where there is much variety, if one dish is poor, it can be discarded for another that is good." Chambers

Italian Coffee by The Pan-American Coffee Bureau

       The best known of all ''foreign'' coffees is the Italian version. It is often called Caffe Espresso although, technically, this is always made in an Espresso machine. Italian coffee is an excellent after-dinner demitasse.

• 8 level tablespoons of French or Italian-roast pulverized coffee beans
• 1 1/2 cups of water

       A drip pot may be used, but a macchinetta is best. This coffee-making device consists of 2 cylinders, one with a spout, and a coffee sieve between them. Measure the coffee into the sieve. Put together with cylinder having the spout on top, and with measured water in lower cylinder to steam. Then remove from heat and turn the macchinetta upside down until the brew has dripped through. Serve in demitasse cups or 4 oz. glasses with a twist of lemon peel and sugar, never with cream. Makes 4 demitasse servings.

• How Nonna makes espresso

Fanny Brice sings "Cooking breakfast for the one I love...''