Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

For some reason I keep expecting the Aherns to produce something worth buying. This time I was fooled by the hype around comfort foods made GF, very compelling since these dishes are often flour-laden. I made the fish tacos right away but they were nothing to write home about. Better recipes can be found online. Then I made the muffins using the all-purpose blend in the book -- they were bland and sunk in the middle. I'll give it two stars instead of one just because the food thus far has actually been edible as opposed to that found in previous books (especially "GFG and the Chef"). Also the photographs are really nice. But ultimately there is just no need for this book. Nicole Hunn of GF on a Shoestring is still the best resource for free, dependable, and sometimes outright magical iterations of traditional comfort foods -- sans the sticky, repetitive, self-satisfied prose of Ms. Ahern. (Despite her many claims that the book was "not about us" she couldn't help but include an overly long and pointless introduction that was, of course, all about them.) I'll probably try a few more recipes -- some of them do sound good! -- but if they're anything like these two, this book will end up donated to the library. I was most interested in the sourdough recipe but now I'm leery of investing so much flour in something that seems likely to flop. I really just need to learn my lesson with these two, especially with the market saturated in high-quality, dependable GF recipes. Tl;dr? Skip this one and just use the Googles.