The Wasp Cookbook

By Alexandra Wentworth

Actress and comedienne Alexandra Wentworth serves up some of her best WASP family recipes, spicing them up with humorous commentary on life. "After a lifetime of addiction to Italian food, I had no idea you could do so much with mayonnaise".--Jay Leno. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446912107
• ISBN13: 9780446912105
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Warner Books (NY)
• Length: 111 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

a laugh on every page

This book made me laugh until I cried. Clearly the author has "been there." Forget about the recipes; it's the commentary that matters. I particularly liked the cookies sent to the child at boarding school with "love from Mummy" written in the cook's handwriting.

Very funny!

This is a great book. I bought it for myself - and I'm now buying them for my WASP girlfriends for their birthdays - a very funny book with some good (not great) recipes.

Right into the time capsule for future WASPs

Alexandra Wentworth isn't such a WASP that she'll say no to marrying for love (specifically, marrying former Clinton chief of staff George Stephanopoulos in 2001), but she's a WASP enough to have come up with a recipe collection that not only has pretty good food, but features the unmistakable ring of authenticity as well. Listen to these tidbits:"Every WASP must have a picnic basket that's at least sixty years old. If you...

Absolutely hilarious, a GREAT gift

This is the perfect gift for any ocassion. It's humorous and the recipes are fun.