I have had this cook book for over twenty year's. I have used it so much that I wore the book out and was afraid I wouldn't be able to find another. It has the best recipes from all over the world. Easy to understand instructions, easy to find ingredients, and just one pot to clean up.There are space's after each recipe to write note's. I got the paper back since from what I saw the hard back was very expensive. The book was used and very reasonably priced. I wish there would be a reprinting in hard back that would be sold at a good cost. I am very happy that I could find this book.