Be ready when the luck happens: a memoir

Prologue

Over the wall

What goes in early goes in deep

"Don't even waste the stationery"

Meet the parents

Sadie, Sadie, married lady

That girl

The Body Shop doesn't do car repairs?

Two for the road

"It's that crazy Ina Garten!"

Starting from scratch

1,000 baguettes and the business end of a gun

Tokyo, how hard can that be?

The pinochle club

"I can sell this book in La Jolla"

"Lose my number"

"Put my jugs on the what?"

Cooking with Elmo

La vie en rose

It's always cocktail hour in a crisis

Epilogue

Thank you!