shoot .. just realised the guys who are coming for brunch this weekend are gourmands .. Heyulp

[Twiglett]

we do lazy sundays so there will be newspapers and kids going wild all around

was planning just french bread, sausages, caramelised onions and Delia's summer couscous salad (the one with the feta and roast veg with olives and capers)

and then mebbe suzywong's brownies with berries and icecream

beer and wine

do I need to / how can I gourmand it up

I thought you were going to say you had been planning on making bacon butties. In my world your menu is very 'gourmand' for Sunday brunch!

a lump of cropwell bishop stilton would be good too, a lump of a nice cheese goes down well

Well, you could do eggs benedict and give yourself a nervous breakdown, but what you have planned sounds gorgeous (esp. the brownies!)

Oh blimey - they might be, but that doesn't mean they will turn their noses up at plainer food (unless they are insufferable bores)...although actually your menu plan sounds delicious

C'mon Twig - update - did they turn their gourmand noses up at your delicious menu?