Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I foolishly bought the cookbook without reading the reviews. I thought since the cover had such a nice looking photo of one of the finished dishes (which I never found the name of… because the index is not laid-out in traditional manner--Crazy), it would most certainly have additional photos of other finished dishes throughout the book 'WRONG!!! I am accustomed to cookbooks that have beautiful photographs of some of the finished dishes (and not that each recipe has to be photographed), but enough photos to give a good-sense of what the author can produce. And even though this author uses a good number of spices and herbs, in my opinion, she doesn't necessarily use the right ones or doesn't use enough; which leads me to believe these dishes may be on the bland side which is not at all Mediterranean. The other thing I found disturbing, is the great number of canned goods she uses in most of her recipes; everyone knows how much sodium and preservatives are already packed into these cans, and that's why they can have a shelf life of up to 3 years. So, basically by the time you Re-Cook these Canned Goods… please know there is no nutritional value or flavor what-so-ever left in them. Mediterranean cooking is old world and every ingredient is cooked (in various ways) from Scratch—Not Canned Goods! True Mediterranean cooks use the freshest ingredients which produce flavorful, savory, robust, nutritional, and delicious meals. Enough said, don't waste your time on this one.