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I requested this book to read & review from netgalley (in exchange for my honest review) because I am a beginner canner - or at least, I consider myself a beginner canner, as this is only my second year. The photos are inspiring & beautiful; the directions are clear, and the recipes well laid out & I would have no problem in following any of them.

The book, however, is a little artsy for me - well, it is in the title after all! I can simple foods, and cook even simpler, so the chutneys, sauces, and cordials are wasted on me. I live in a tiny apartment (my garden is elsewhere) so even if I wanted to cure my own meat & fish, I have no space to do so, so that section is all wasted on me.

Unfortunately, there's not really a single recipe in this book that I think I'd ever actually make ;/.
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anastaciaknits | Oct 29, 2016 |
Beautiful cookbook, but not a book for a cook like me, who dreams of making fancy stuff, but manages to burn water and create food that my cat won't eat, if I were to allow him to eat human food.

Many of the recipes call for ingredients not found easily in my neck of the woods, and I wouldn't buy something I'm a) unsure I'll like b) will only use in one recipe, that I'm not sure I'll like.

That being said, the book is full of beautiful photos and helpful hints on how to can and actually make the stuff Emma talks about. She's full of passion and it shows in the tone of the book.

I thought (my fault, not the author's fault, I should have read more carefully) the book was more on canning and preserving and making small batch real foods, which it is, but it's also about making meats, bacon, deli foods, and things like that that I would never dream of making in a million years. In a 2 adult household, it just doesn't make sense to make things like that.
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anastaciaknits | 4 reseñas más. | Oct 29, 2016 |
This is such a beautiful cookbook. I just can't get alot of the ingredients used in it. It would cost me a small fortune to make most of the recipes included.
 
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bookqueenshelby | 4 reseñas más. | Sep 9, 2014 |
3.5 Stars
If you live in a big city or near an area with a great food market, this cookbook is a 4 star book; however, if you live in a more rural area, it's closer to a 3 star one. The book is put together well and the recipes look great, especially the desserts. Some of the ingredients are just too hard for me to find or out of my price range (please note that I do not reside in the UK, where some of the hard to find ingredients would be easily found). That said, the recipes are easy to follow and this book is a good choice for food connoisseurs or people who love to entertain.

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LibStaff2 | 4 reseñas más. | Jul 15, 2014 |

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