Charles Mayfield

This book is poorly edited and that makes me question the accuracy of the recipes. 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).

My test recipes did not work, save the egg cups. The cauliflower dirty rice was just such a disaster, with the giblets turning downright rubbery from boiling. It just confirmed this book was best returned to the library and not purchased.

Also, the lack of serving numbers (or 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. However, what good are pictures with terrible recipes?

And no matter what they say, most Paleo folks do NOT use dairy, so all this butter is troublesome. Similarly alcohol and sugar.… (mehr)

This book is poorly edited and that makes me question the accuracy of the recipes. 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).

My test recipes did not work, save the egg cups. The cauliflower dirty rice was just such a disaster, with the giblets turning downright rubbery from boiling. It just confirmed this book was best returned to the library and not purchased.

Also, the lack of serving numbers (or 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. However, what good are pictures with terrible recipes?

And no matter what they say, most Paleo folks do NOT use dairy, so all this butter is troublesome. Similarly alcohol and sugar.… (mehr)