Review: This is the third version of this book with a new pen name.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2014
But it is the same old ripoff recipes from the Internet."Spaghetti con Pollo" is a Central American version of "Fideos con Pollo" from Mexico.  Nothing new here.How about "All-American Beef Burgers" -- you can get 2,652 burger recipes off food.com if that's what you're looking to prepare. Don't need to buy this one even if it's free.There are 10 other recipes for "Taco Bell Chicken Quesadillas" so I'm not sure "David" chose the best one to cut and paste into this rip off cookbook.  Maybe because it was just the first one in the list.But there's also "American Goulash"  and "American Chop Suey" that both have elbow macaroni in them!!  Really? Never saw chop suey, an American oriental style dish, with elbow macaroni in it.  Guess I've never really lived.There are 9 American Goulash recipes and 40 "American Chop Suey recipes. The one "he" chose says to "Spray a large skillet with a cooking spray like pam. Add about two tablespoons Olive Oil."  Now why would you need to add both?  just to brown ground beef?  Isn't ground beef fatty enough by itself without a Pam spritz and 2 T olive oil?But "David" can't figure that out so he says "Use Pam or any other cooking spray for spraying a large size frying pan. Take two tablespoons of olive and and add them." Again, why do you need this just to brown ground beef?  He's just your basic copycat cut and paster that hasn't a clue what is going on just to brown beef which has plenty of fat in it to brown. Oh, further down the list a can of tomato soup?  Chop Suey with tomato soup in it?  Gag me with a spoon!But here's the best!  "Stove Top Macaroni and Cheese" that says to add "creamy macaroni and cheese" to the recipe to make "Macaroni and Cheese"!  So you use a package mix, then add more macaroni and cheese plus more butter and evaporated milk and eggs.But because of a typo or just laziness or ignorance, what American Test Kitchens says to do, the originators of this recipe, is to Make your own "Creamy Macaroni and Cheese" within what "David" has as the list of ingredients and not as the segment within the recipe as it appears on food.com. Just one of a LOT of reasons you are better off at food.com than these ripoff weird variations trying to seem original rather than the ignorant copiers they are .