Elegant recipes for dishes that are just right for the family and perfect for entertaining. All the Best Fine Foods is the leading caterer and gourmet food shop in Toronto. The 275 recipes in this cookbook reflect their years of experience preparing great food that keeps people coming back again and again. Jane Rodmell's innovative approach to elegant food rivals The Silver Palate Cookbook. The recipes cover a wide range of dishes -- starters, soups, sandwiches, main dishes, vegetarian options, side dishes, salads, salad dressings and even fabulous desserts. These recipes are perfect for entertaining and the baking section is extensive. Here's a sampling: <ul>
<li>Spicy coconut shrimp with tropical salsa</li> <li>Roast beef tenderloin with cracked pepper Dijon crust and Madeira reduction</li> <li>Tuna marmitako</li> <li>Potato parsnip latkes</li> <li>Roasted vegetable lasagna</li> <li>Papaya guacamole</li> <li>Brown sugar chocolate shortbread</li> <li>The best trifle.</li>
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Twenty food essays provide fascinating backgrounds on such topics as the countless varieties of salt to the many types of olive oil and their uses. One of the very best recipes is a foolproof guide to making a perfect roasted chicken and gravy. Extensive tips and techniques, preparation suggestions and make-ahead ideas make All the Best Recipes indispensable in the home kitchen.

All the Best Recipes: 300 Delicious and Extraordinary Recipes

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Rodmell, Jane

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Summertime ... and the cooking is easy -- with this collection of more than 200 mouthwatering recipes. Whether you spend your weekends in the country or in the city, at the lake, beach, or simply relaxing at home, Cottage Life's Summer Weekend Cookbook will help to make entertaining family and friends a snap. 
 Along with the easy-to-prepare recipes, the book is packed with tips and menu suggestions. You'll find ideas for feeding a crowd without fuss; make-ahead hints so you don't have to spend weekend time in the kitchen; and subsitution tricks for when you discover you're out of an ingredient. 
 This book will allow you to create impressive meals -- and still enjoy the weekend.

Cottage Life's Summer Weekend Cookbook: Recipes, Tips and Entertaining Ideas (Cottage Life Books)

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Following the success of Cottage Life's Summer Weekend Cookbook, here is a brand-new collection of more than 175 fresh, mouthwatering recipes from the award-winning Cottage Cook, Jane Rodmell. 
 This cookbook is ideal for summer weekends (or any time!) when the cook doesn't want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. They're the kind of recipes you serve at the cottage or at home, in the country or in the city, and people invariably ask, "Where did you get that recipe?" 
 Whether you have a couple of neighbors coming for dinner or guests staying for the weekend... whether you're looking for fresh ideas for cooking for the family or hosting that once-a-summer "everybody come" gathering, More Summer Weekends Cookbook will become an indispensable kitchen companion. It's packed full of suggestions for what to serve, and how to put it all together. 
 Each recipe is accompanied by ideas for variations and substitutions for those times you don't have a particular ingredient on hand, along with make-ahead tips, so you're not left with a lot of work in the kitchen at the last minute. The handsome four-color photographs (once again, positioned with the appropriate recipe) will make it hard to resist trying every dish. And a whole new collection of Jane's famous Quick Tricks will help you produce fabulous food on the spur of the moment. 
 Recipe sections include: 
<ul>Appetizers, Starters &amp; Sundown Snacks (including Devilish Cheese Twists and Easy Thai-Style Shrimp Rolls) and Sun-Dried Tomato Spread on Warm Brie Fresh Barbecuing Ideas (including Cumin-Scented Leg of Lamb and Grilled Polenta with Portobello Mushrooms) Salads &amp; Side Dishes (including Three-Ingredient Mango Salad and The Cheaters' Caesar) Make-Ahead Mains (including Slow-Roasted Garlic Chicken) and Shortcut Seafood Curry Light Bites (including Mussels with Roasted Tomato Corn Salsa) and Eggplant and Pesto Pizza Easy Eye-Openers (including Overnight Blueberry French Toast and Can't-Resist Cottage Chelsea Buns) Sweet Stuff (including Summer Sensation Ice Cream Pie, Grilled Mint Julep Peaches, and Decadent Triple Chocolate Fudge Cookies) </ul>

Cottage Life's More Summer Weekends Cookbook: A Whole New Collection of Relaxing Recipes, Great Tips, and Entertaining Ideas

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Summer only comes once a year. Make it count. 
 Summer days and weekends are best spent outside. That's when cooks look for recipes that can be easily prepared and served at the cottage or at home, in the country or in the city. 
 Those recipes and more are all right here, in Best Summer Weekends Cookbook. This edition combines the best of the popular Summer Weekend Cookbook and More Summer Weekends Cookbook and adds seventy-five new recipes. Whether entertaining neighbors or guests staying for the weekend, cooking for the family, or hosting a once-a-summer everybody come gathering, this compendium will become an indispensable kitchen companion, and at 352 pages, it is a superb resource. 
 Recipe sections include:
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<li>Appetizers, starters and sundown snacks</li> <li>Fresh barbecuing ideas</li> <li>Salads and side dishes</li> <li>Make-ahead main courses</li> <li>Light bites</li> <li>Breakfast and brunch</li> <li>Sweet stuff and desserts.</li> </ul>
 Each recipe also has ideas for variations and substitutions for those times you don't have a particular ingredient on hand. Make-ahead tips reduce kitchen work so you can enjoy your guests' company. The appetizing color photographs will make it hard to resist trying every dish. A new collection of Quick Tricks will help you produce fabulous dishes fast.

Best Summer Weekends Cookbook

Presents cooking tips and recipes for the vacationing cook, discussing basic tools and ingredients needed, and offering recipes for hors d'oeuvres, soups, snacks, main dishes, and beverages

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