"Superb!" star star star star star As another customer has said, don't be put off by other bad reviews. Personally this book has been fantastic for me. I am new to slow cooking and if I had not purchased this book (at the same time as the cooker) I would not have had any idea at all how versatile slow cookers are - I thought they just cooked stews!! How wrong was I - and so far, I haven't made a single stew yet! I have however cooked some amazing cakes and desserts all thanks to this book. Stews are next on the agenda. I am very delighted and would recommend this book highly.
"Fantastic Book!" star star star star star I have a shelf that is sagging under the weight of all the recipe books, and for most of them I can honestly say that I have only ever tried one or two recipes. This book is the exception. I have been systematically working my way through it, and each recipe I have tried has been delicious. No longer restricted to "boring old" stews, my slow cooker has had a new lease of life. The Sausage with Black Beans recipe is a favourite with my children, and the "Chicken with 40 Garlic cloves" was not, as you might expect, overpoweringly garlicky... although my house smelt of garlic for a week! All of the recipes I have tried have been very tasty, and I plan to try them all in time. The only one I have had to modify was the chilli beef, which was blisteringly hot the first time I made it - go easy on the chilli with this one!
"Awesome book" star star star star star I bought this book as I was looking for something a little more interesting then the boring stew I usually cook in my slow cooker, and this book is absolutely fantastic, I showed it to the girls I work with who wanted to borrow it and then lent it to my friend who cooked something from it for our priest. We all love it so much I am buying a copy for my friend.Well worth purchasing.
"buy this book" star star star star star Don't be put off by the other not so good reviews. If you are new to Slow Cooking this book is invaluable. I particularly like the explanation of how slow cookers work and the best settings to use for different types of food. The recipes are great and easily adaptable. I would never have thought of doing tuna steaks in a slow cooker but they were great (see recipe for swordfish steaks in barbecue sauce). In fact it is amazing what you can cook when you are shown how! Lovely pictures too.