in color, and very appealing. Each recipe has an associated picture that is beautifully displayed in such a way that begs the reader to try it. I have now cooked 8 recipes from the book and each recipe has been dead on accurate. The recipes are quite simple, yet result in elegant dishes. Finally, turing the pages of this book just makes me want to run into my kitchen and cook. It's that inspiring. I have around 300 cookbooks and have run out of space to keep them so tell myself I can only have one new cookbook per year. So I'm very selective about what I buy. Year before last I got Dorie Greenspan's Around my French Table Cookbook. This year it was Ottolenghi's Plenty. My purchases now tend to be cookbooks that teach me about foreign cuisines and new ways to cook vegetables. I am trying to learn to eat healthy and I don't eat many sweets or meats. I research before I buy and look at the reviews of experts and buyer's comments on Amazon. That said I have three of Ina Garten's cookbooks because the food from her recipes always taste so good. I tend to cut way down on the oil and substitute milk for cream whenever called for when it comes to her recipes, but they still taste good to me. Sometimes I can't keep my one year rule and I buy cookbooks that show me how to make a specialty like bread or