I had been wanting a recipe journal for a while so when I heard Moleskine were bringing one out I immediately jumped on it. The embossed design on the cover is really nice and if you're into your organic produce, one of the first things inside is a calendar showing when different fruit and veg are in season. There's a list of food items with their nutritional facts and room for you to you to add your own, followed by a useful measures and conversions page before you get to your own recipe bit.
The first part is split into Appetisers, First Courses, Main Dishes, Side Dishes, Deserts and Cocktails.There's about 18 pages in each category and each page has areas for you to write the ingredients and preparation, as well as the difficulty of the recipe, how many it serves, prep and cooking time, the cooking process (hob, oven or grill), wine pairings and a rating. There's also a little notes area which I use to add the nutritional facts of each recipe. The cocktails section is slightly different as it's pages has areas to note the alcohol content of each drink, the ideal occasion for it, tools, suggested glass and decorations.
The rest of the book (about half) is split into another 6 tabbed sections that you can label whatever you want, with pages divided into 5 equal areas. The stickers you get include labels such as Pasta, Soups, Meat, Ready in 5!, Kid-friendly, To Remember and Reviews. You can print more recipe pages from the Moleskine website so you could stick these in to create more recipe sections if you wanted.
Finally there is an index for all your recipes.
I'd say this recipe book is geared more towards people who are really, really into their food and do a lot of cooking for guests. Although I'm very pleased with it, I personally have no use for the cocktails section and I have already converted the appetisers category into a baking section. There's a pocket at the back that's useful for keeping any magazine clippings and spare recipe pages, and the 3 bookmarks make it easier to find several things quickly and easily. With a little tweaking, it's got everything covered.
Overall, a very neat book.