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

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.

Jane Rodmell has worked as a food columnist, recipe developer, and food researcher for more than 20 years. She is part-owner of All the Best Fine Foods, a specialty food store and catering service in Toronto that is acclaimed for its great-tasting food prepared using fresh, seasonal ingredients. Jane knows how and what busy people on the go like to eat these days -- and all her recipes reflect that.

Jane recently published Cottage Life's More Summer Weekend Cookbook, and she has coauthored three other cookbooks. Jane Rodmell is the food columnist for Cottage Life magazine.