Author has a lot of 5 star friends
Fifty plus 5-star reviews, all written right when the book was released...how is this even possible?  It's like people reviewed this book without even having a chance to see the book.<br /><br />Well, I saw the book and its only just average, not the transcendent gesamtkunstwerk all these glowing reviews would have you believe.  Sure, some of the recipes looked decent but there were also an alarming number of gluten free renditions of Italian staples and that made me immediately loose confidence in the author's priorities.  This cookbook is too much concerned about pandering to passing food fancies to be worth the shelf space so back it went.
Rating: 1 stars