All the Best Recipes: 300 Delicious and Extraordinary Recipes

Jane Rodmell is the proprietor of All the Best Fine Foods. Established in 1984, it is a dynamic specialty food and catering company in Toronto, Canada.

It's been 25 years since this talented Toronto writer-caterer opened her Toronto bakeshop, and she has chosen her favourite recipes, some already published in her previous four cookbooks, to include in this well-written, beautifully illustrated book. An international collection, it could be a gift for any type of cook from beginner to veteran, helping the former to get started or livening up the latter's cuisine. Rodmell likes real, fresh ingredients: butter on the order of Julia Child, limited amounts of salt, real Parmesan cheese, and easy supermarket shopping. Tips and variations are dotted through the book, as are informative essays on such foods as mustard and chocolate by David Cobb. A best buy of a book.