Table of Contents -- Introduction: MARTINIS AND MEATBALLS -- Chapter 1 PARTY LIKE A PLAYBOY -- Chapter 2 FOOD TO DRINK BY: APPETIZERS AND HORS D'OEUVRES -- Blini and Caviar -- Clam Casino Dip -- Oysters Rockefeller -- Crab Rangoon -- Deviled Eggs -- Sweet and Tangy Meatballs -- Real Onion Dip -- California Dip -- Piggies in Blankets -- Pimiento and Walnut Cheese Ball -- Quiche Lorraine (or Julia) -- Flower Drum Song Barbecued Ribs -- Rumaki-A-Rama -- Shrimp Cocktail with Bloody Mary Sauce -- Coconut Shrimp with Hot Chinese Mustard and Duck Sauce -- Spam and Pineapple Kabobs -- Eat-by-the-Barrel TV Mix -- Chapter 3 VICHYSSOISE, ICEBERG, AND ASPIC. . . OH MY! SOUPS, SALADS AND SANDWICHES -- Tomato and Shrimp Aspic -- Iceberg Lettuce Wedge with Blue Cheese Dressing and Bacon -- Waldorf Salad -- Manhattan Clam Chowder -- Blender Gazpacho -- Vichyssoise -- Sixties Secret Grilled Cheese Sandwich -- Cream of Tomato Soup -- Date Nut Bread and Cream Cheese Sandwiches -- Sloppy Joes -- Stacked Salmon and Egg Salad Sandwich -- Chapter 4 COMPANY FOOD: MAIN COURSES -- Beef Wellington -- Hungarian Goulash Gabor -- Cold War Beef Stroganoff -- Pan-Fried Steak with Butter -- Yankee Pot Roast -- The Ultimate Meat Loaf -- Spaghetti and Meatballs Sofia -- Souped-Up Swedish Meatballs -- Puerto Rican Pork Chops with Mojo and Onions -- Bangers and Mash -- Baked Ham with Soda Pop Glaze -- Leg of Lamb with Gravy and Mint Jelly -- Miss Roaster Chicken -- Potato Chip Baked Chicken -- Soulful Fried Chicken -- Chicken Divan -- Chicken Breasts Kiev -- Roast Turkey with Gravy -- Chicken A La King -- Not-Quite Fish Sticks -- Duck A L'Orange -- Shrimp Scampi -- Crab-Stuffed Shrimp -- Lobster Newberg -- Matterhorn Fondue -- "Don't Mess With Mom" Tuna and Noodle Casserole -- Chile Rellenos Casserole -- Chapter 5 BEST SUPPORTING PLAYERS: VEGETABLES AND SIDE DISHES.

Asparagus and Blender Hollandaise -- Creamed Corn -- Green Beans in Mushroom Sauce -- Not-From-A-Box Macaroni and Cheese -- Grandmother's Noodles with Sour Cream and Poppy Seeds -- Potatoes Au Gratin -- Butter-Whipped Potatoes -- Steakhouse Creamed Spinach -- Candied Yams with Marshmallow Topping -- Everyone Loves It Stuffing -- Homemade Biscuits -- Buttermilk Dinner Rolls -- Chapter 6 SHOWSTOPPERS: DESSERTS -- Tip Toe Inn's Lattice-Topped Cherry Cheesecake -- Rocky Road Cupcakes -- Pineapple Upside-Down Cake -- Southern Caramel Cake -- Soused Grasshopper Pie -- Tart-Tongued Lemon Meringue Pie -- Nesselrod Pie -- Perfect Pie Dough -- Daiquiri Lime and Gelatin Mold -- Flaming Baked Alaska -- Creamsicle Orange and Vanilla Cake -- Secret Ingredient Two-Chip Cookies -- Cherries Jubilee -- Crepes Bardot -- Strawberries Romanoff -- Chapter 7 EXECUTIVE COCKTAILS -- Bloody Mary -- Black Russian -- Blue Hawaiian -- Brandy Alexander -- Daiquiri -- Grasshopper -- Mai Tai -- Manhattan -- Mint Julep -- Martini -- Negroni -- Old-Fashioned -- Screwdriver -- Stinger -- Tom Collins -- Vodka Gimlet -- Whiskey Sour -- Bon Appetit! -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Trademarks -- Index.