Review: Somewhat Interesting
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2012
There is a hyperlinked table of contents and it does interface with the Kindle for PC navigation menu.  The author has included a line of text with each recipe link, which isn't really ideal (in my opinion) because I generally prefer the TOC to be simply a list with the descriptions included in the recipe itself.The author has written her book from the UK perspective, but she has taken the time to suggest substitutions for digestive biscuits, Rich Tea biscuits, and gingernut biscuits.  The author says she has written the recipes with both US and metric measurements which is mostly true, except some ingredients have measurements in ounces and grams.  For example, 7 oz. (200 g) gingernut biscuits, crushed.The recipes seem relatively straightforward and call for real ingredients - no cake mixes, pudding mixes, etc.  I had to look up "drinking chocolate" and I'm still not entirely sure what the author's intent might be - is this prepared cocoa/hot chocolate in liquid form?  Is it a mixed instant hot chocolate such as is found in the US?  Is it a form of actual chocolate?One recipe, the Cranberry and Apricot Refrigerator Cake, does not give a pan size.As promised, there are photos - not something I generally require in a Kindle cookbook, but they are large and relatively clear photos that do look like "original" photos versus stock images.  (The plates are the same, for example.)All in all, I found the book to be more interesting and unique than a lot of the "quick and easy" books I look at.  Some of the recipes do include liqueurs and heavy cream, which I'm less likely to make, but some of them, like the Cookie Icebox Cake, I'd be interested in trying - except that I use American standard measuring cups for dry ingredients rather than ounces or grams, so the question is whether I want to fiddle with converting the given quantity of cookies/biscuits to be crushed.  Generally speaking, my answer to that question is "no."  Someone else may be more willing to do that, and this book may be a better choice for them.