A very special collection of over 140 creative and mouth-watering recipes, this unique cookbook brings together for the first time many of Bonnie Stern's best known dishes.

Here are tempting Appetizers such as Hundred Corner Shrimp Balls or Vegetables with Rouille. Delightful Soups from Chicken to Gumbo Ya Ya. A wide variety of Main Courses features Whisky-Glazed Steak, Deviled Chicken and Lemon Mint Lamb Chops. There are Pastas and Light Meals including Fettuccine California Style and Caramelized Apple Pancakes. Vegetables presents Glazed Zucchini and Mashed Potatoes with Wild Mushrooms. There are Salads and Dressings, Breads and Muffins from New Wave Salad to Labour of Love Sticky Buns. And, not to forget Desserts, Cookies, Cakes and Pastries here to tempt you with Wacky Cake (remember to stir), Peach Upside-Down Cake, Chocolate Blizzard Cookies, Russian Mousse with Strawberry Sauce and Deep-dish Apple, Pear and Apricot Pie.

A special feature of the cookbook is its section "Especially for Kids" which brings together fun recipes to satisfy the most challenging palates of all.

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For more than twenty-five years, Bonnie Stern has operated the Bonnie Stern School of Cooking, one of the driving forces behind the burgeoning Canadian culinary scene, and has garnered both local and international attention for her ambitious, comprehensive and user-friendly classes. At her school she has hosted some of the world’s greatest cooks, including Rick Bayless, Giuliano Bugialli, Biba Caggiano, Marcella Hazan, Madhur Jaffrey, Madeleine Kamman, Nick Malgieri, Jacques Pépin and Nina Simonds. Bonnie is the author of ten bestselling cookbooks, most recently HeartSmart Cooking for Family and Friends. She has hosted two national television shows -- Bonnie Stern Cooks and Bonnie Stern Entertains -- and writes a weekly column for the National Post and the Chicago Sun Times.