This is not a novice cookbook. I prefer simple recipes that turn out perfect everytime. Most of the recipes in this book are just too ambitious for me. Be warned, you need to read these recipes carefully before starting to cook as many of them have recipes within recipes that need to be prepared in advance.
Gordon does include some recipes that are useful no matter what your skill in the kitchen is, such as a handy section devoted to recipes for every stock & sauce you will ever need, followed by a step by step guide with pictures, to making your own fresh pasta.
The book also has a wonderful introduction that is really a short bio on Gordon Ramsay. Even though I will not be making many of the full recipes in this book, I will use it to make basic sauces & stocks to enhance my cooking.
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A very good chefbook. Notable for systematic approach and use of basic "building blocks". One irritating feature: Unnecessary Capitalisation Of Recipe Names in the text. ( )