Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

So, this book is called "The Vintage Baker," and it does include some authentic vintage recipes...at the very back...and the author goes on and on about how boring and unimaginative vintage cooking and baking is, which is really a shame. The majority of recipes in this book are the author's "improvements" to recipes they've run across in vintage advertising pamphlets. But that's not why I'm only giving this book two stars. I'm giving this book two stars because the first recipe I made out of it was a dismal flop. I was so excited to make the blackberry-lime pie, blackberry being my wife's absolute favorite. The crust barely came together even with double the amount of liquid called for, but that's not the worst of it. I won't even get to know how the crust tastes or feels when baked properly, because this filling DID NOT SET AT ALL, and soaked into the crust and made it floppy and soggy including most of the lattice top. After leaving the pie to cool overnight I literally poured a cup of liquid out of it. I had cooked berries sitting in sweetened liquid instead of a thickened, cohesive pie filling. So, I guess if I want to make blackberry-lime pie successfully, I'll have to creatively add some lime juice and zest to my family's boring, old, vintage, unimaginative berry pie recipe. Sometimes, you shouldn't mess with the classics.