Recipes for disaster
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Tess Rafferty
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781250011435; 9781250018342; 9781250039101
Subjects: Entertaining; Cooking; Humor; Dinners and dining
Description: A head writer for E!'s "The Soup" presents a celebration of disastrous group meals with foibles ranging from undercooked Thanksgiving turkey and runny polenta to early-arriving guests and people who bring disgusting casseroles.
Table of contents: title: How to cook a turkey, or the stomach: not the way to a man's pants --; title: How to have an elegant dinner party with no furniture --; title: How to enjoy a good meal with friends --; title: How to throw an impromptu dinner party for 7 at 1 a.m. --; title: How to count your blessings --; title: How to have a fun Christmas party for adults & children, and even the hosts (yes, that means you) --; title: How to serve a specialty drink with an iron fist --; title: How to throw a baby shower for 100 people and not hate babies or people --; title: How to carry a theme too far --; title: How to learn to love yourself again after serving runny polenta --; title: How to pair wine with food and which medical weed to never mix with entertaining --; title: How to cook without cooking --; title: How to cook a gluten-free vegetarian dinner with no lactose or fruits or vegetables or nuts --; title: How to throw a dinner party for 2 and save your relationship.