Every Woman Should Have a Blowtorch

Download or read book Every Woman Should Have a Blowtorch written by and published by Peter Pauper Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every woman should have a blowtorch,'' Julia Child once said as she commenced to caramelize the top of a crème brûlée. And every woman could use a dish of empowering bons mots every so often as well. Voilà! Here you are-the perfect little book of wit and wisecracks from outspoken free spirits that shine their piercing light on men, love, marriage, life, work, and more! ''Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman'' (Menander). ''I don't have the time every day to put on makeup. I need that time to clean my rifle'' (Henriette Mantel). ''Besides Shakespeare and me, who do you think there is?'' (Gertrude Stein).