So I bought this for many reasons...my hubby was deployed and I wanted to make a sexy meal for him when he came home, we had been discussing having a baby, and it sounded interesting. It wasn't. The photography that it sells so hard is awkward and strange. The actual recipes are for the most part useless. The arrangement of the cookbook is not what ANY cookbook user would expect- instead of being arranged by what the item being cooked is considered (ie- appetizer, side dish, main course, dessert) it's classified by one of the items listed in the ingredients (there is a section for asparagus, chocolate, clams, etc). There were altogether MAYBE two recipes that I would have given a second glance to, but they were so generic I've already found them online. I gave the cookbook away because, quite frankly, I didn't find it worthy of being in my home.