Jackie Collins - The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook

Hey everyone. Youve all been asking for it, and finally here it isThe Lucky Santangelo Cookbook, featuring all of Luckys favorite recipes (and many of mine!).

Ive had a fantastic time writing seven books about Lucky and the Santangelo family, and now to share her cooking skills with you is a real treat, for Lucky loves a family cookout. From delish meatballs to sweet and spicy spareribs (a Bobby and Max favorite), Luckyas in everything elseexcels in the kitchen. Big family dinners are her forte. She likes nothing better than having everyone sitting around her table, ready and waiting to sample her cooking talents.

For a true family event there will be her irascible dad, Gino Santangeloa man still going strong in his nineties, and his current wife, Paige (there have been several!). Then theres Luckys husband, Lennie, the very laid-back and attractive writer/director/producer. And of course Bobby Santangelo Stanislopoulos, Luckys extraordinarily handsome and charming twentysomething son, along with his very smart girlfriend, Deputy DA Denver Jones. And let us not forget Max, Luckys wild teenage daughter, a girl just like her mommaybe even wilder! And Maxs younger brother, Gino Junior, plus Leonardo (Lennies son from a long-ago one-night indiscretion). Oh, yes, and if Luckys half-brother Steven is in town, hell be there, toowith his supermodel wife, Lina, and teenage daughter, Carioca.

Friends always drop by at family events: Luckys closest friend, blonde superstar, Venus, with her boy toy of the moment; Luckys trusty personal assistant, Danny, along with his partner, Buff; and the famous movie director Alex Stone, one of Luckys most ardent admirers. (Usually Alex will be accompanied by his latest dateoften an exquisite Asian woman.)

The Santangelo family enjoy nothing better than getting together for a fabulous feast. So join the Santangelo clan, and most of all eat well and have fun!

Bon apptit!

With more than 500 million copies of her thirty bestselling novels sold around the world, countless national television appearances, an illustrious writing career, and access to some of the most famous people on the planet, Jackie Collins certainly needs no introduction. From Beverly Hills bedrooms to raunchy prowls along the shadowy streets of Hollywood; from glittering rock concerts and parties to stretch limos with wet bars and the mansions of ravenous power brokersCollins chronicles the real truth from the inside looking out. The late director Louis Malle called Collins a raunchy moralist, and Vanity Fair magazine referred to her as Hollywoods own Marcel Proust. She isnt afraid to give her readers a true insiders knowledge of the glamorous lives and loves of the rich, famous, and infamous. I write about real people in disguise, she has said. If anything, my characters are toned downthe truth is much more bizarre.

Jackie has always been an avid cook, and loves all kinds of food, especially Italian dishes, and especially Luckys homegrown recipes.

One of Jackies favorite characters to write about has always been the wild and wonderful Lucky Santangelo. Lucky inspires women to be stronger, Jackie says. She is a positive role model with a true kick-ass attitude. I love writing her. And my readers respond to her in a big and very positive way. She is a true female superhero. I have now written seven books about the Santangelo family, and I hope to write many more as Lucky and Lennies families grow and evolve.

A special favorite character is Luckys charismatic son, Bobby. He has so many adventures ahead of him, so keep reading! And Max, Lennie and Luckys teenage daughter. Max is a wild one, just like her momso watch out!

Bold, wildly beautiful, and totally her own woman, Lucky Santangelo needs no introduction. The sizzling, glamorous, sometimes dangerous daughter of former gangster Gino, Lucky is the most popular character in Collinss wild world of lust, intrigue, violence, and redemption. Lucky is central to seven of Collinss wildly popular novels: