Review: If you are a cook, you'll "get this."
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2014
First, I want to declare that the author told me this was a public domain book that he added illustrations to and edited. He was not claiming that this was HIS cookbook. That said, I found the book really interesting. I am a cook, so how they explain the recipes in paragraph format without actual measurments was not an issue for me at all. In fact, I rather liked it. I read cookbooks for enjoyment, so going through it was rather fun and there are some really great nuggets of information in the informative copy before the recipes start in each section. BUT, if you're a new cook, you may have an issue duplicating what the recipe suggests because new cooks really need that ingredient list and play by play amount of food to add here and there. I would have LOVED some photos added for what some of the dishes looked like. That was the only thing really missing for me. I'm visual so that would have been a great addition.