Review: You've Been Warned
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2013
No one can accuse this author, Kelly Deane, of failing to provide variety. One might even declare that there's innovation (Meat Loaf Magic Cuisine and Stifling Meat Loaf each call for bananas), and a design that stands out from most (Deane uses a font that resembles handwriting and each recipe is "written" on its own recipe card, just like the old days). If only both of those worked. For the most part,trying to read this cookbook is just too much trouble. None of the usual adjustments (larger font, landscape) work, either. Instead of using a regular document with embedded text, this author created each recipe card and saved it as a photo. Photos can't select-out text within them so, in this case, you're stuck with exactly what is too difficult to see.But let's say that you could see each recipe card without squinting. The title alone made me pretty serious about meatloaf, I wasn't giving up easily, so I tried three different methods to get a good look at what I might want to feed my family: (1) read it on my 16" laptop at full screen (didn't work); (2) used my grandfather's prescription-grade magnifying glass (too frustrating); and (3) finally turned to my cell, took a screen shot of several recipe card pages, then opened my photos of the author's photos whereupon my photos were at least pinchable. Success!Imagine my surprise when, among ingredients that one might expect to find like 2 tsp salt or a can of crushed tomatoes, I found this:(Meat Loaf Italian Style -- Categories: Italian Meats; 20 servings):3 pack Stove Top stuffing blend together29 oz 4 tsp Garlic pepper26.5 oz10 lb Ground turkey, Chicken, or 6 tsp Dried basil beef(Easy Meat Loafy -- Categories: Military; Yield: 100 servings)2 13/16 lb juice tomato #330 lb beef ground fz1 lb onions dry24 eggs shelll heat 4 lb bread sandwich 22 oz #511/2 tsp garlic dehy gra1 lb cn6 oz salt table 5 lbThese examples are only part of this dreadful mess. I'm not willing to give this author a single break for what appears to be poorly translated beyond bottom-of-the-barrel, and either taken from other places without attribution or out-and-out made up ingredients. I wouldn't trust a single recipe in this book, its author, or the company that claims to have published it (Kinetix Publishing). I also seriously question the legitimacy of anyone who, to date, gave this digital disregard for anything decent a good review. If changes are made, then I'm more than willing to give it another chance. I really want 51 meatloaf recipes, just not with egg shells.