Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Dear Cook's Illustrated fans, I am one of Cook's Illustrated's biggest fans. My two star rating has nothing to do with the excellent content. The reason I have rated this book two stars is because the actual book size and binding make the book unusable. The book pages are five inches wide and parts of some illustrations disappear into the middle of the book where the pages are held together. The binding is a glued binding which causes the book to close immediately when you move one hand from the right or left side of the book. To keep the book open you need a very heavy pot which ends up covering the top half or bottom half of both left and right pages. When the weight is lifted, the book snaps shut. To keep the book open without a weight, a person would likely need to break the glued binding which would result in pages falling out over time. Also, the font is too small!!! If I had seen this book in a bookstore first, I would not have purchased the book. And do not think of giving it as a gift unless you want to torment the recipient! I would have given the book one star except the content is Cook's which is the best. Please look at this book in a bookstore before you buy it.