I had to give it one but it doesn't deserve it. This book is even worse than his other book. There is not a single usable recipe in this book. A typical recipe: take a vegetable put some olive oil in a pan and cook it. He's got to be kidding!! Sometimes he really goes wild and adds some herbs or cheese. This book is not worth the money. You don't need a cookbook cook vegetables in a pan with some oil!!! This is guy who is exploiting his fame from Cooks Illustrated to sell really, really bad cookbooks. There are no pictures because, well.. there are no dishes to take pictures of!!