Review: good and not so good
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 5, 2014
I wan intrigued and entertained by the authors intro to the book.  Her collection of over 500 cookbooks made me think that this cookbook was going to be great.  While she does have some unusual recipes (brown bread made in a slow cooker) and traditional oven recipes like buttermilk biscuits,  I was hugely disappointed in that there was not ONE picture in the whole book.I think that it is a CRIME to publish a cookbook with no pictures. Cooking should be about the celebration of the senses with all the senses involved.  Just like nice garnishes that frame your recipes and make the food look more attractive, good pictures also serve the same purpose in any cookbook.Now I suggest that you get a decent DSLR and a good macro lense (for close up photography) like the 100 MM Canon Macro  lense.  This lense offers wonderful bokeh (blurring of the background and making the image pop because the image is very clear against the diffused background).  You really need to take pics of your recipes and add them to each recipe.  I was INSTANTLY bored by the lack of pictures.  It is for this reason that I only gave the book 3 stars.