I found this to be an interesting read (as cookbooks go) and I enjoyed the whimsical illustrations. However, I'm not sure how well it fits into our family. It's basically a learn-how-to-improvise-in-cooking book. Sam doesn't need it (he already makes up amazing meals) and I'm afraid I don't want it. I don't hate to cook, and I'm not absolutely terrible at it, but recipes are my security blanket. I neither can nor want to let go of them. I think theoretically I should be able to use the information in this book to make improvements on the recipes I follow . . . but I fear I'll just end up ruining a bunch of food instead.
Maybe if I actually learned the principles in this book well, it might help? As I read, I found myself wishing I'd taken notes, but by the time I'd realized that, it was too late. (I'd already missed too many note-taking opportunities and had no interest in starting over again.) BUT! Apparently there is a 4-part Netflix series based on this book! I'm planning to watch that, and hoping both that it will be like CliffsNotes (a quicker summary than rereading) and that it will help the main points to stick in my mind.
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Maybe my son might like it. He's been trying to concoct meals from his campus apartment and kind of stumbling along between Pinterest and Insta. The knack that he misses is how to inject taste into something. I cook without recipes all the time but he can't. Will this book help with that?
It's hard to say! On one hand I think this book is full of good ideas and worth a read. On the other hand . . . would your son have the time and patience to read the 200 pages of non-recipe information? If you think he would, I think this book is definitely a good guide on injecting taste.
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