Rate this book

Paleo Comfort Foods: Homestyle Cooking For A Gluten-Free Kitchen (2011)

by Julie Mayfield(Favorite Author)

4.02 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1936608936 (ISBN13: 9781936608935)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Victory Belt Publishing

review 1: This book is poorly edited and that makes me question the accuracy of the recipes. No, I so rarely get a chance to try out recipes of a library-book while I have it out, so I have yet to try. However, I have serious doubts. It started with bad grammar, such as using "your" instead of "you." Soon, ingredients in the instructions were not on the ingredient list (meaning I have no idea how much green onion I am to put in, in addition to the white onion). For some, I suspect the list had one type of ingredient listed and the narrative another. This is fraught with errors that are visible to a non-chef; it makes me question if there are errors in the quantities as well (I sure wouldn't know, then just question what went wrong with a recipe).Also, the lack of serving numbers (or... more sizes, I'd be good with sizes) means you must make the recipe, then determine such things and write it in the book before you can use a recipe in menu or party planning. The book is just not well-thought at all.Yes, the photos of a lot of recipes looked tasty; yes, it was nice having pictures for every recipe. Yes, I copied many recipes but I am afraid to waste the ingredients (some of which are not my standard fare and would take some searching and/or a pretty penny). I was enticed by some of the pictures and/or descriptions but now am unlikely to make any. I certainly will not be buying this cookbook.EDIT: and no matter what they say, most Paleo folks do NOT use dairy, so all this butter is troublesome. Similarly alcohol and sugar.
review 2: Some of the chit-chat antidotes are too diet-purity-preachy. I should make the lemon squares only once per year because the entire recipe calls for a whopping 1/4 cup of honey? Even the banana pudding came with a "once-in-awhile treat" warning because of the actual bananas (no added sweeteners). I guess I would rather diet / paleo / lifestyle suggestions be contained to their own section of the book rather than intermingling so much with the recipes.As for the recipes, I wish there was an actual recipe list for optimal organization. Still, though, there are a lot of recipes and all have a big color photo of the final product. I marked 11 pages as ones I wanted to try (which actually isn't bad for me with recipe books!), including chicken & grape salad, squash casserole, and sawmill gravy. less

Download links for: Paleo Comfort Foods: Homestyle Cooking for a Gluten-Free Kitchen

Advertising