Research Catalog

Title

Recipes for disaster : a memoir / Tess Rafferty.

Author

Rafferty, Tess

Publication

New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2012.

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Details

Description

xiii, 270 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

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.

Subject

• Cooking
• Cooking > Humor
• Dinners and dining
• Dinners and dining > Humor
• Entertaining
• Entertaining > Humor
• Rafferty, Tess

Genre/Form

Cookbooks

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

How to cook a turkey, or the stomach: not the way to a man's pants -- How to have an elegant dinner party with no furniture -- How to enjoy a good meal with friends -- How to throw an impromptu dinner party for 7 at 1 a.m. -- How to count your blessings -- How to have a fun Christmas party for adults & children, and even the hosts (yes, that means you) -- How to serve a specialty drink with an iron fist -- How to throw a baby shower for 100 people and not hate babies or people -- How to carry a theme too far -- How to learn to love yourself again after serving runny polenta -- How to pair wine with food and which medical weed to never mix with entertaining -- How to cook without cooking -- How to cook a gluten-free vegetarian dinner with no lactose or fruits or vegetables or nuts -- How to throw a dinner party for 2 and save your relationship.

ISBN

• 9781250011435 (hardcover)
• 1250011434 (hardcover)
• 9781250018342 (e-book)
• 125001834X (e-book)

LCCN

^^2012033164

OCLC

778422208

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library