| A DRINK, WITHOUT
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| 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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