This has been my favorite general cookbook for almost 20 years. Paperback and used often, you can imagine the condition it's in. I was delighted to find it listed on Amazon! I don't have the author's other books, but I intend to get them asap.There is a wide variety of recipes, none of them are very difficult, and she has put many personal comments with them I have many cookbooks, but this is the only one that is literally falling apart from use.Ruth Sims