Review: Not quite up to standard
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 12, 2011
For the most part Ms Hern's books are a delight. This one is not quite up to the standard of the rest. The characterization is good, the general plot is funny but a bit too far-fetched. Enjoyable reading except for the very irritating habit, shared by too many American writers, confusing 'receipt' with 'recipe'.A receipt is an acknowledgement of payment usually money. A recipe is a statement of ingredients and procedure for preparation of a dish in cookery or medical prescription. To be forever reading 'receipt' when 'recipe' is meant, makes a mockery of the editing process. How it could possibly have passed not only several readings by the author but by a professional editor, completely escapes me!