Wild Women Throw a Party: 110 Original Recipes and Amazing Menus for Birthday Bashes, Power Showers, Poker Soirees, and Celebrations Galore
Whoever said a woman’s place was in the home might have been right─these famous feminists can bring home the bacon, fry it up, and entertain all at the same time. Master chef and co-author Lynette Shirk returns to stir up a bestselling batch of stories, anecdotes, recipes, and food trivia inspired by influential women.

A woman’s place is where the party is. Get ready to party like it’s 1929 with Zelda Fitzgerald, drink cosmos like Sarah Jessica Parker, and have a picnic à la Mary Pickford. From Dollywood to Hollywood, these dazzling dames and sassy sauciers know how to sling spaghetti, toss any salad, and dish up the desserts. Part how-to, part history, and 100 percent hilarious, Wild Women Throw a Party includes 110 original recipes inspired by the stories of our favorite famous feminists.

What is feminism without a little fun? Who knew dangerous debutante Peggy Guggenheim, famous for her arty salons, was also a gifted gourmet? Or that when Eleanor Roosevelt wasn’t serving at soup kitchens, she was throwing and attending the most elegant “do’s” around. Wild Women Throw a Party explores women’s history, food trivia, and party planning ideas while asking, What is feminism? Who is a feminist? And where exactly do we find a woman’s place? An intersection of feminism and the home, this party planning guide includes fun ideas inspired by influential women, like:

  • Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede.
  • Joan Crawford’s Mother's Day "Mommy Dearest" Breakfast
  • Sophia Loren’s Better Than a Spaghetti Western Pasta Pajama Party
  • And more!

If you enjoy women’s history, or books like Rage Baking, Free the Tipple, Women's Libation!, or Empowdered Sugar, then you’ll love Wild Women Throw a Party.

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Wild Women Throw a Party: 110 Original Recipes and Amazing Menus for Birthday Bashes, Power Showers, Poker Soirees, and Celebrations Galore
Whoever said a woman’s place was in the home might have been right─these famous feminists can bring home the bacon, fry it up, and entertain all at the same time. Master chef and co-author Lynette Shirk returns to stir up a bestselling batch of stories, anecdotes, recipes, and food trivia inspired by influential women.

A woman’s place is where the party is. Get ready to party like it’s 1929 with Zelda Fitzgerald, drink cosmos like Sarah Jessica Parker, and have a picnic à la Mary Pickford. From Dollywood to Hollywood, these dazzling dames and sassy sauciers know how to sling spaghetti, toss any salad, and dish up the desserts. Part how-to, part history, and 100 percent hilarious, Wild Women Throw a Party includes 110 original recipes inspired by the stories of our favorite famous feminists.

What is feminism without a little fun? Who knew dangerous debutante Peggy Guggenheim, famous for her arty salons, was also a gifted gourmet? Or that when Eleanor Roosevelt wasn’t serving at soup kitchens, she was throwing and attending the most elegant “do’s” around. Wild Women Throw a Party explores women’s history, food trivia, and party planning ideas while asking, What is feminism? Who is a feminist? And where exactly do we find a woman’s place? An intersection of feminism and the home, this party planning guide includes fun ideas inspired by influential women, like:

  • Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede.
  • Joan Crawford’s Mother's Day "Mommy Dearest" Breakfast
  • Sophia Loren’s Better Than a Spaghetti Western Pasta Pajama Party
  • And more!

If you enjoy women’s history, or books like Rage Baking, Free the Tipple, Women's Libation!, or Empowdered Sugar, then you’ll love Wild Women Throw a Party.

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Wild Women Throw a Party: 110 Original Recipes and Amazing Menus for Birthday Bashes, Power Showers, Poker Soirees, and Celebrations Galore

Wild Women Throw a Party: 110 Original Recipes and Amazing Menus for Birthday Bashes, Power Showers, Poker Soirees, and Celebrations Galore

Wild Women Throw a Party: 110 Original Recipes and Amazing Menus for Birthday Bashes, Power Showers, Poker Soirees, and Celebrations Galore

Wild Women Throw a Party: 110 Original Recipes and Amazing Menus for Birthday Bashes, Power Showers, Poker Soirees, and Celebrations Galore

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Overview

Whoever said a woman’s place was in the home might have been right─these famous feminists can bring home the bacon, fry it up, and entertain all at the same time. Master chef and co-author Lynette Shirk returns to stir up a bestselling batch of stories, anecdotes, recipes, and food trivia inspired by influential women.

A woman’s place is where the party is. Get ready to party like it’s 1929 with Zelda Fitzgerald, drink cosmos like Sarah Jessica Parker, and have a picnic à la Mary Pickford. From Dollywood to Hollywood, these dazzling dames and sassy sauciers know how to sling spaghetti, toss any salad, and dish up the desserts. Part how-to, part history, and 100 percent hilarious, Wild Women Throw a Party includes 110 original recipes inspired by the stories of our favorite famous feminists.

What is feminism without a little fun? Who knew dangerous debutante Peggy Guggenheim, famous for her arty salons, was also a gifted gourmet? Or that when Eleanor Roosevelt wasn’t serving at soup kitchens, she was throwing and attending the most elegant “do’s” around. Wild Women Throw a Party explores women’s history, food trivia, and party planning ideas while asking, What is feminism? Who is a feminist? And where exactly do we find a woman’s place? An intersection of feminism and the home, this party planning guide includes fun ideas inspired by influential women, like:

  • Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede.
  • Joan Crawford’s Mother's Day "Mommy Dearest" Breakfast
  • Sophia Loren’s Better Than a Spaghetti Western Pasta Pajama Party
  • And more!

If you enjoy women’s history, or books like Rage Baking, Free the Tipple, Women's Libation!, or Empowdered Sugar, then you’ll love Wild Women Throw a Party.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781573242844
Publisher: TURNER PUB CO
Publication date: 07/01/2007
Pages: 213
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 6.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lynette Shirk is a pastry chef and coauthor of Wild Women in the Kitchen. Before launching Volcano Candy to promote her unique Java Lava coffee bean brittle, she worked in the kitchens of Chez Panisse, Postrio, Masa's, Bizou, Stars, WilliamsSonoma, and the James Beard House in New York. An Ohio native, she currently lives in Dallas, Texas.

Table of Contents


Foreword     vi
In the Beginning, There Were Wild Women     viii
Party Girls
Peggy Guggenheim's Art Gallery Opening     2
Marjorie Merriweather Post's Palm Beach Party     12
Zelda Fitzgerald's Hotel Room Fete     19
Doris Duke's Surf Party     27
Nora Charles's New Year's Eve     35
Hollywood Hostesses
Sophia Loren's Pajama Party     44
Joan Crawford's Mother's Day     53
Mary Pickford's Picnic at Pickfair     64
Sex and the City Happy Hour     73
Silver Screen Queens' Oscar Party     80
Literary Ladies
Edna St. Vincent Millay's Poetry Reading     92
Dorothy Parker's Cocktail Party     102
M.F.K. Fisher's Fireside Feast     111
The Bacchae Halloween Party     119
Bridget's Jonesing for Chocolate Soiree     127
Entertaining Dames
A Florodora Girl's After-Hours Dinner Party     140
Annie Oakley's Western Barbecue     149
Ellen DeGeneres's Mardi Gras Dessert Party     157
Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Shindig Comfort Food     165
Political Partiers
Women of the Senate Poker Party     174
First Ladies' Ice Cream Social     182
EleanorRoosevelt's Soup Night     191
First Daughters' Pool Party     198
Acknowledgments     208
Recipe Index     210
Bibliography     212
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