Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I feel a little guilty about my rating, because for the right person this may be a great book. However, it's not for me. I cook because I want to eat, and I do enjoy the effort - up to a point, but I don't consider cooking a hobby. What I was looking for in this book was "every day" recipes that generally used ingredients that I stock and that were reasonably quick to prepare. What I found was recipes that frequently used unusual ingredients and were moderately time consuming to prepare. The recipes sounded tasty, and are certainly highly varied and "interesting", but to me they are in the category of "guest recipes". After going through the complete book I didn't find a single recipe that I wanted to prepare; thus the two stars. However, if you really love to food shop and cook, this may be a great book for you. And, the next time that we are having summer guests I may dig it out.