This lovely book "is really three books, all bound together in a single volume. It is a working cookbook that gathers together more than 500 mouth-watering recipes, from soup to nuts. It is also an intimate autobiography of a charming and adventuresome woman whose enthsiasm has given her the vitality to rear 3 children, manage 3 homes and develop a mulitmillion dollar business. .....and finally, it is a valuable treasury of early recipes from Mrs. Rudkins fabulous collection of antique cookbooks which she has updated with her own modern present-day ready to use translations."