| A DRINK,
WITHOUT A NOSH? |
| Jackie always loved parties,
but only if there was delicious food. So in addition to
her mega-holiday dinners, she needed little excuse to
throw one. |
"I loved parties so much there was even a
period when I was dead broke and wanted to throw a do.
So I got my friends to all chip in for the food, I cooked
and we had ourselves a do. I always threw parties that
I wish I'd been invited to."
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| Her biggest at-home bash ever
was to celebrate the combination of Valentine's Day, the
presidents' birthdays and Chinese New Year, of course. |
"What else are you going to celebrate in February?
I cooked and shopped for days, no holds barred. The
rule was there were no rules, no limitations, no expense
spared. Thoroughly self indulgent. I made foods from
all over Asia - Japanese, Thai, Cantonese, Burmese,
and Vietnamese. If I had one shrimp dish, I had five.
If had one pork dish, I had five. I remember having
two industrial - sized garbage bags filled with prawn
crackers. Absolutely no restraint. I cooked everything
I wanted."
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| The quantity of food she wound
up cooking was ludicrous in comparison to the number of
people she'd invited. |
I had an absolute ball, but I was totally
out of my mind. I'd invited 70 people and cooked for
200. I had sooooo much food. I had to store it on the
fire escape 'cause it wouldn't fit in the fridge. Then,
I totally forgot to serve it. But no one even noticed.
When I finally greeted my dumbfounded guests, I was
delirious with fatigue. My mother looked at the food
and looked at me and said, 'What have you done?.' I
looked at the spread and I was speechless. My friends
LOVED IT!!! We ate ourselves silly!!!"
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