Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I got to say I'm really disappointed with this book. First off, this is supposed to be recipes you can make in 30 minutes or less...it would take you longer than that to find some of these ingredients in a grocery store than that. Methi leaves, mangetout, ras-el-hanout... WHAT ON EARTH ARE THESE!? I'm just a home cook with not much experience but a lot of respect for Chef Gordon so I was super excited to get this book and cook some delicious GR recipes but it's clearly been proven difficult with the bizarre ingredient list he has for virtually every single recipe. Another disappointing thing is the measurements on this book are not standard for the US. He has grams and ml used throughout. This isn't too much of a downside for me as I can convert it no problem but they should have made a copy for US that was not metric. As much as I am a fan of Gordon, this book is very disappointing as a first time buyer of one of his cookbooks.