Review: Updated review.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2012
7/2/2012 Updated ReviewThe formatting issue has been addressed, and now the ingredients appear before the instructions.  The nutritional information has also been reformatted into tables that look much nicer.  The recipes do not start on their own page.  This is sometimes confusing since there will be a photograph of the previous dish, with the title of the next dish beneath it.There are still some oddities.  The recipe for Chicken Breasts in Cabbage Rolls still calls for 10.5 ounces of turkey breast.  The recipe for Baked Chicken Breasts with Italian Cheese calls for 'small scales of cilia, if you like it spicy.'  I don't know what cilia is as it pertains to cooking.  The recipes go back and forth between metric and US measurements.The writing is rough.  On a page with a close-up of stuffed mushrooms from the dish on the page before we read, "Chicken in orange sauce 2.  I was preparing chicken with orange, lemon is, with pineapple, olives, garlic, honey, rosemary, ginger ...the wine.  Try it in this cool way and aromatic gourmet delight lovers of delicious flavors to be found for your holiday table."  Huh?The description of "Chicken Breasts a 'la Flambé!" is interesting.  "In age of internet flambé technique is not reserved for expensive restaurants anymore.  We recommend that you try this homemade chicken recipe with a delicious taste of the real "fire" technique.  Give it a try!  Believe me or not.  Fire can be a powerful tool in kitchen."  It's a good thing the internet gave us fire in the kitchen!I especially like the description of "Chicken topped with surprises."  "True love allows many surprises, but do not worry - this would certainly be nice ... Sensual smells sweet with honey sauce heady work for themselves ... and they only work in conjunction with aphrodisiac asparagus, eh!"If you can puzzle your way through the ingredients and instructions, some of these recipes are probably pretty good.  The author does use fresh, whole ingredients for the most part.***********************************While it does have a hyper-linked table of contents, this e-cookbook is very oddly formatted.  I don't think I've ever seen a cookbook where the directions preceded the ingredients in all the recipes.  There are a lot of inconsistencies.  For example, in some recipes the amount of liquid is given in fluid ounces, and in others using 'cups' as is commonly used in cookbooks in the United States.  The titles of the recipes are inconsistent as well, not following normally accepted titling protocol.  While the nutritional information is included as advertised, it is painfully formatted and sometimes takes up four pages for one recipe.The first recipe, 'Chicken in Cabbage Rolls,' calls for 10.5 ounces of turkey breast.  Wait a minute...what was this recipe called again?  Then we are advised to, "Beat fat cabbage leaves with a bat and they will bend more easily."  I think the author probably meant a rolling pin, but I just have this image of myself in the kitchen with a Louisville Slugger.  In another recipe, 'Baked chicken steak,' we are told to, "Beat the chicken breast with a bat until it looks like a steak."  That's going to take a while!While there are a lot of pictures, most are poorly lit and frankly not very appetizing.I really think that the book has potential, but it needs editing and formatting desperately.