This book is good for ideas but I haven't found the recipes to be successful for the number of people stipulated. I've cooked ten exact recipes from the book and all have failed. I've modified them and achieved. Don't follow them to the letter, instead if you do buy this book work out how to change them. If you're wondering what I mean by failed, I followed the recipes exactly and altered them for two people (so if it said for four people I halved the ingredients) and there was barely enough for one person.