Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: What Was I Thinking

I wish I had honed in on the poor reviews rather than the 4 and 5 star ones.I'm an experienced cook, but as I am getting older, I wanted to start preparing simpler, less time-consuming recipes. I see no reason simpler fare should not be delicious if made according to excellent recipes. I chose this cookbook believing it would deliver.I prepared Bittman's Baked Macaroni and Cheese, and was it awful! Besides being bland there was no color to it, much less any cheese flavor. Even salt and peppering this thing to death didn't make it edible.I wouldn't recommend this book even to someone just learning to cook. Save yourself the time, effort and expense if you're just learning your way around the kitchen and buy Betty Crocker's Cookbook.