The book has many colorful pictures@ recipe quants. for 1, 11/2 &2 lb. loaves. That aside,4 of the recipes I tried were disasters, esp.the french bread(no sugar mentioned). I compared the recipe book that came along with the bread machine to this one, and they were quite different in ingredients and portions.I find the Gold Medal's Bread Machine book that I bought from the grocery store checkoutline producing more reliable results.I would not recommend this book.