I was initially excited at the prospect of so many cookie recipies under one cover, but upon closer perusal, I realized that in spite of the great number of recipes, homogeneity pervades this collection. There are too many variations on the theme (there are multiple versions of many common types of cookies). Also, many of the recipes are just plain bland. The photography is uninspiring (and in some cases, unappetizing). Overall, I was surprised at the lack of originality. There are definitely better cookie cook books out there (a great favorite of mine, although considerably smaller in size, is a spiral-bound collection of cookie recipes published by Land-O-Lakes. It is richly varied, scrupulously accurate, and altogether a pleasure to use.) Unfortunately, I cannot say I would recommend 1000 Cookie Recipes to anyone.