One Pot

The pictures are gorgeous and the instructions are clear and straightforward. The 'one page per recipe' approach and overall clean layout make this book easy to use in the kitchen. Having said that, I mistakenly made the assumption that it was geared towards dutch ovens (it's not) and that the end result would be a complete meal (only a small subset of the recipes qualify for this). I do not fault the author or publisher in the least as it is my fault for not bothering to click the "look inside" link. I purchased Glorious One-Pot Meals: A Revolutionary New Quick and Healthy Approach to Dutch-Oven Cooking at the same time and am happy to say it meets the criteria of "one pot meals". I don't want to discourage anyone, this is probably a great cookbook, but it's not what I was looking for.

I got this book as an impulse buy after I found a Le Creuset on deep discount and didn't know what to make in it. I have tried most of the recipes and all have been good. Recipes from this book now make up about a fourth of our weeknight rotation. We love the Gumbo, Halibut with Leeks and Tomatoes, Spiced Chicken and Rice, and Baked Sausages and Beans.

Book came in perfect condition. Have only prepared one recipe so far, it was good.