Something Else Publishing

This is a basic cookie e-cookbook. Many of the recipes you may already have scattered around your home, this collects them in one easily read book. There is only one recipe on a page, allowing for easy printing. Also the table of contents has a link directly to each recipe's page - a definite plus. This nice simplistic cookbook is filled with all the beloved recipes from your childhood and even more, including recipes with shortcuts (using box mixes, etc.). The only problem I found is on page 36, The Maple Walnut Cookies recipe is missing an ingredient, the store bought dough. Though, a knowledgeable cook would understand immediately.… (mehr)

I absolutely cannot recommend Mexican Food: Hot and Delicious as a Kindle purchase as it is rife with editing/formatting issues and two recipes appear to have been taken from BHG and Sunset. It's possible there are more than two "borrowed" recipes, but I don't actually want to know. Two is more than enough.

Examples of "borrowed" recipes:
Salsa Ranchero aka Country Sauce is, aside from the name change, identical to Sunset's "Salsa Ranchera (Ranch-Style Sauce)"
Chorizo and Black Bean Quesadillas maps pretty closely to BHG's "Chorizo Quesadillas" (seriously, a third of the directions are identical).

Just. Ugh. I know it's the Internet and "everyone" "borrows" recipes, but you still can't sell recipes that aren't yours to begin with.

But maybe, as a reader, paying for stolen content doesn't phase you? Maybe all the recipe errors and editing/formatting issues will.

Some recipe errors (possibly from a poor cutting and pasting job):
Mexican Muffins calls for "3 package" corn muffin mix. (Having made other versions of this recipe, I think it's safe to say the author really meant a single 7.5-8.5 oz package).
Mexican Rice calls for grated orange peel, but not how much and it is not mentioned in the directions.
Mexican Cheesecake comes with a tip clearly meant to go with a cookie recipe.
Speaking of cookies, the ingredients list for Chicken Enchiladas with Green Sauce calls for "1 package store bought sugar cookie or chocolate cookie mix."

Some editing and formatting issues:
Missing periods.
Lack of spaces between the endings and beginnings of some sentences.
Use of I for 1.
Book is not enabled for searching.

I am so extremely disappointed.… (mehr)