Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Recipes I've tried have been okay (personal preference here - seemed to lack seasoning but this could be adjusted) but I was hoping for new recipes and disappointed that many were directly from the website that you can access for free. I was more concerned with some suspect safety advice. The EWG is not an environmental watch dog group - it's a group with an agenda that is not at all respected by the scientific community - if this is a trusted resource I'm a bit worried about other information (like disregarding manufacturers advice on not boiling lids which could lead to seal failure) so I did independently verify canning times at the USDA website and not all were correct. Not recommended for beginners as you need to be able to verify processing times on your own. Some other advice was just a bit strange - I manage costs by buying my canning lids when the are on sale yet she advises buying a box on each shopping trip because it's better to spend $100 $5 at a time. To me it's still $100 - I'd rather spend $80 by watching sales. Overall you're better off picking up recipes on her website and facebook page and not wasting money on the book (another way to manage costs). Also in addition to the times being a bit off the yields are way off. The first few recipes I attributed this to different sizes (called for a number of chicken breasts but didn't give a size) but every single recipe the yields are off by about 20% or more. Not sure how she measured things.