Review: How do you spell YUM in Polish?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2012
Several decades ago there used to be a restaurant in a very upscale community in Western Massachusetts that served the most wonderful breakfast.  Every now and then a couple of friends of mine and I would drop in for their blini - little buckwheat pancakes the size of a silver dollar, topped with slivers of smoked salmon, a dab of sour cream and a teeny sprig of fresh dill.  How good those were!  Like so many good things, that restaurant is gone.  They do not serve blinis for Sunday brunch anywhere that I can think of in at least 150 miles in any direction.  I did, however, see some very nice smoked salmon at the grocery store last week. In fact, smoked salmon is something I just happen to keep around most of the time and Sunday Brunch has become my very favorite way to entertain.  (What can I say?  I'm getting "older".  I go to bed with the chickens and get up at 4 in the morning.)Thus, I was very glad to see author Kathy Gary'sBrunching on Bialys, Blini and Blintzes: Delicious and Easy Bialys, Blini and Blintz Recipes (Easy Ethnic Dishes).  Very nicely put together (though I do wish the interactive index listed individual recipes rather than just sections), Brunching on Blintzes is full of recipes that go far beyond mere Bialys, Blini and Blintzes.  Blini Souffle, anyone?  I'm in the middle of packing to move, so blinis are a bit beyond my available kitchen equipment at the minute, but I'm out of breakfast stuff - Bialys dough is rising in the bowl. Yum!A nice addition to your collection of ethnic recipes.  Recommended.