But Mama always put vodka in her sangria!
Subtitle: adventures in eating, drinking, and making merry
By: Julia Reed
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781250019042
Subjects: Gastronomy; Social aspects; Travel; Cooking; Food; Dinners and dining; Alcoholic beverages; Food habits; Drinking customs
Description: Shares the author's Middle East culinary adventures, the lifestyle tips she gleaned from such hostesses as Pat Buckley and Pearl Bailey, and her experiences with throwing and attending upscale themed dinner parties.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: [1] Eating; title: The Great Leveler; title: The Society Diet; title: Dining on the Nile; title: Lady in Spain; title: Kill That Taste!; title: My Dinners with Jason; title: Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah (and Pearl and Ernestine); title: Purple Passion; title: Burger Heaven; title: Summer on a Plate; title: The Tyranny of Summer Produce; title: [2] Drinking; title: Of Pimm's and Paris; title: Gin!; title: Men and Martinis; title: The Importance of Holiday Cheer; title: One Two Punch; title: Champagne Charlotte; title: The Yucca Flats; title: American Spirit; title: The Morning After; title: [3] ...And Making Merry; title: A Happy Enchilada; title: Table Talk; title: Shellfish Chic; title: Weddings, Royal and Otherwise; title: A Pilgrim's Progress; title: Visions of Sugarplums; title: Green Day; title: Catching Summer.