A beautiful cookbook dedicated to making simple and great-tasting food. The author has gathered her very best from more than 50 years of cooking and baking experience - from the author's home to yours. The book includes complete baking instructions for appetizers, soups, salads and dressings, savory meat and poultry dishes, and desserts that are sure to be winners. Distilled from a lifetime of cooking, the author showcases her sweet and savory favorites, including 50 pages of crowd-pleasing desserts. The cookbook is also a work of art containing more than 50 original watercolors. And for those who want to try their own hand at watercolor, the book includes a website link with step-by-step instructions for many of the original illustrations.