Some of the ingredients in the recipes are not easy to find or I never heard of them
928708
Some of the ingredients in the recipes are not easy to find or I never heard of them.  Still is a great recipe book which I plan to keep in my library.
Yes, I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for many mushrooms recipes.  Ana
4856260
Most of the time, the substitute ingredients the book suggests are harder to find than the one I don't have at hand at the moment. Therefore, it just makes cooking-time longer - you know, you have to stop whatever you're doing to look up the book, etc, only to find that you don't have the substitues either. Nowadays, I even don't bother.
2950258
Glancing through this book of recipes, I find that I probably will need a scale to weigh out my ingredients and a translator to tell me what some of the stuff is!
34491
I'm a picky eater so some of the recipes weren't for me but lots of them were and gave me ideas for other ingredients
1754782
Not much substance, but some good recipes to try.
4456851
It takes a lot of ingredients not so common in my house pantry, but that is probably because I have not been eating for nutrition.  Most of the recipes take a little getting used to, but over all, it's a good cookbook.
1848591
I was so excited to receive this book since I'm a huge fan of one bowl meals right up until I discovered that, in many of the recipes, there is at least one obscure ingredient that I can't easily lay my hands on in my neck of the woods.  Granted, it's not every recipe but there's enough that call for things like tamarind concentrate, fermented black bean paste, Korean red pepper paste, sambal oelek, and achiote, especially in the ones that I found most appealing, that I'm a little discouraged.

That aside, the book is nicely laid out and the recipes read well.  I would have preferred more pictures  but it's still an appealing little book and I'm looking forward to making as many of these recipes as I can with the ingredients I can obtain locally.
3067494
I like some of the recipes, but book wasn't for me.
3736273
I haven't been able to use it.  But some of the recipes sound  good
1133194
The ingredients in these recipes are difficult to find. Too complicated.
4541963
Special ingredients make the recipes more difficult -- I wrote down the ingredients necessary for the proprietary ingredients in the front of the bookbook so I'll have an easy reference guide.
4762612
Some of these recipes have long lists of ingredients. I'm unfamiliar with a lot of them, but want to add to my repertoire. These items should do that.
4708766
This book is nice and has alot of good recipes that look delicious but unfortunately I didn't look at it before I bought it. The recipes are for food and/or ingredients that I wouldn't normally make for my family. Also,if you have kids that are picky eaters its probably not for you.
4809674
I was a little disappointed. I went through the book and it seems to be for more advanced cooks. Majority of hte receipes call for a LOT of ingredients. I do have a nice variety of Middle Eastern Markets in my area but most of the dishes would be quite pricey to make because of the ingredients. Lots of spices not available in the local supermarket. Just looking through I saw one receipe that called for chicken hearts and livers, they use a spice called Baharat a lot which you can buy or make yourself and another ingredient I saw more than once was Baharat Spice ?  Not for the typical Americna like myself. The book has beautiful pictures of the food but I am positive it would not even look close to the photo if I made it. Interesting sounding receipes though like , Burnt Eggplant and Mograbieh Soup,Lamb stuffed Quince with Pomegranate and Cilantro and Wheat Berries and Swiss Chard with Pomegranate Molasses. So this definitely is not a book for someone new in the kitchen or new to Middle Eastern Food.
1942525
Difficult to figure out how to add own recipes instructions not clear on how to add more than a few ingredients for one part of a recipe
3606565
I'm new to gluten free and so far recipes are a little disappointing, so that is why I purchased this book. It seems at first glance that most recipes are not really simple. Example:no chocolate chip cookie in dessert section.  Chocolate cake is raspberry chocolate. Brownie is peanut butter. And most meals are not what I would call simple..lots of seasonings I don't use.
3538027
It calls for a lot of ingredients I can not get living overseas. it also calls for stuff i have never heard of.