Breakfast at O'Rourke's. Brian O’Rourke

      Wesleyan University Press

      Middletown CT 06459

       www.wesleyan.edu/wespress

      © 2015 Brian O’Rourke

      Unless otherwise noted,

      all photographs by Tom Hopkins

      All rights reserved

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      Designed by Mindy Basinger Hill

      Typeset in Calluna

      Wesleyan University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      O’Rourke, Brian, 1951–

      Breakfast at O’Rourke’s: new cuisine from a classic American diner / Brian O’Rourke.

      pages cm

      Includes index.

      ISBN 978-0-8195-7499-2 (pbk.: alk. paper)

      1. Cooking, American. 2. O’Rourke’s (Restaurant) I. O’Rourke’s (Restaurant) II. Title.

      TX715.0378 2015

      641.5973—dc23 2014040577

      5 4 3 2 1

      NOTE I have tried to correctly scale the recipes in this book for the home cook. If you find any questionable quantities or instructions, please let me know at the diner, or let Wesleyan University Press know, so that we can correct the next printing.

      Cover illustration: Eggs Oscar, with Fingerlings, an English Muffin and Hollandaise Sauce.

       To Grandmother Noonie, and my many other family members and friends who have helped me in so many ways for so many years, and in memory of my friend and mentor, Dr. Bob Wolfe, whose guidance inspired the creation of this cookbook