Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This book is absolutely gorgeous and I love the way the author articulates herself and weaves stories of her childhood and family into the book. The pictures are also very beautiful and the recipes seem super creative. My issue with this book is that the measurments are off and it seems as though the recipes were not tested. Many of the recipes call for up to 5 TABLESPOONS of salt, which is insane! Not knowing this was issue in this book, I made the recipe for Sinaya for a dinner party. When I was making the dish, my instincts were telling me-loud and clear- that the salt called for was too much. I ignored my instincts thinking that there is no way this beautiful book and talented author would publish a book with incorrect measurements. My dish turned out saltier than anything I have ever tasted and it was absolutely inedible. This was a huge disappointment not only because I had really looked froward to eating and serving this dish, but because I spent almost $40 in ingredients for this dish. After this experience I started googling about this issue with balaboosta and found a review written by the Boston Globe which describes this issue with many of the recipes in this book. This review was written in 2013 so I thought maybe the author published the corrections to her recipes somewhere online since then. She didnt, which left me feeling more upset. I understand mistakes happen, but these mistakes are huge in terms of selling a cookbook and the least I would expect for the author to make this right and to give people access to the correct information that should have been in the book from the beginning. Its a huge shame that the recipes in this book are incorrect because this book has HUGE potential for deliciousness. I am definitely returning my copy to amazon!