Title: High on entertainment value, low on culinary content.
Product review: I am a new college grad trying to learn how to cook for myself. After picking up a copy of this book, I found that it did a better job of entertaining and glorifying his show than it did teaching people how to cook. The receipes are fine, but there is little explanation or technique involved. There are also many pictures of Emeril entertaining his TV audiences. If you are a die hard Emeril fan, you might like this book for its entertainment value. If you want to learn to cook for yourself, you might get frustrated with the lack of technical content. If the latter is true, order a cook book by someone who is also a master culinary educator as well as a master chef. Unfortuntately, all of Emeril's books seem to be like this one. I guess that it is safe to say that even though Emeril is popular on TV, his books may not be the best to learn from. He may be entertaining and hip, but he is definately NO Julia Child!!
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