Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

First of all, I am a huge fan of " It Starts With Food". But, I wish that I had waited to buy this book. With all the GREAT paleo cookbooks out there, this one is just average. Do not confuse this with whole30 or their other book"It Starts with Food", which is a 5 star book. It made me think about nutrition in a different way. Their cookbook, however is not a revelation at all. The cookbook is 400 pages ( not including appendix). The recipes don't even get started until page 147... almost 1/3 of the book is not recipes. That 1/3 reiterates the paleo type / whole30 rules and advice. If you need that, I highly recommend that you read "It Starts With Food". To me, putting that in a cookbook was filler. The recap should have been much shorter. This is supposed to be a cookbook! The recipes, when you finally get to them are boring, with a few that are above average. They start with telling you how to boil an egg, how to fry an egg, how to poach and egg, and how to scramble an egg. Then how to cook a hamburger, how to cook a steak, a chicken breast...etc... this goes on and on. If you know anything about cooking, you will see this as more filler. If you like interesting or complex flavor, this cookbook isn't for you. The recipes are mostly plain. Plus I already know how to grill a steak and bake a sweet potato. A couple of good recipes are Melissa's chicken hash and the sweet potato shepherd's pie. I wish I could rate this book higher, I wanted to like it, but unless you are a completely inexperienced cook or like bland food,, this cookbook is going to be too elementary for you. I would recommend "Well Fed" ( they have reprinted some recipes from that book in this ), and "Nom Nom Paleo" and "The Paleo Foodie". These are exceptional cookbooks. If you have auto immune issues, "Practcal Paleo" and "The Auto Immune Paleo Cookbook". Still love Whole30, their first book, "It Starts With Food" and the 4 good food standards.