I had high hopes for this book after seeing Tyler make an absolutely mouth-watering looking fried chicken on his program. When someone bought this off my Amazon wishlist later on, I was hoping that we would at least have that one recipe, plus a whole lot of other good ones. I was wrong. The recipes in this book are awful. Many are flat out inedible (macaroni and cheese topped with onions and peas comes readily to mind), and few have obviously been tested before publication. The directions for most of the recipes haven't even been copy-edited properly. I understand that celebrity chefs are often lazy, but this is the worst example of that I've ever seen. This book was quite obviously written by interns who don't even know how to cook. Adding insult to injury, the fried chicken recipe wasn't even the same one from the show, meaning someone wasted $25 on this pathetic excuse for a cookbook for absolutely no reason whatsoever. It's almost as though Tyler couldn't be bothered to even donate any of his own recipes, forcing some poor college student to recreate them (poorly) from the show. On top of that, the fact that Florence may quite possibly be the most arrogant man on the planet and obviously wrote his own copy about how every recipe in the book is the best ever is just tacky. Why go through that much effort to toot your own horn and not even bother to write out your own recipes?

I gave this book chance after chance, every time trying a new recipe thinking "it can't possibly be as bad as the last one". Every time, this book ruined dinner, guaranteed. I cannot say that for any other cookbook I have ever owned, before or since, and I've been told I'm a fairly good cook. This book is so bad that even a new hardcover in good condition had no resale value. After the third or fourth time that this book produced an utterly inedible meal, I finally said enough was enough and donated it to Goodwill. Tyler Florence has permanently lost my business, and my respect.

I thought that this one was going to end up as one of my enjoyable-to-skim-but-not-really-going-to-make-anything-from-it cookbooks, and then I hit the dessert section. My post-it note bookmarks are entirely clustered there and they're rather crowded.

I love Tyler's recipes - simple goodness if you ask me. Of course you put his cutie pie face on the cover of a book and I'm there ... honestly excellent recipes!

Even though this guy salivates a lot of tv when he's cooking, I still like him and he does cook brilliantly simple food.

make the cauliflower soup in this book. It is amazing. Don't forget the topping for it.

Great book the Mac & Cheese is serious!

It 's better than two stars, and there are some really nice recipes here, but they are certainly not the ultimate. Find it in a discount bin? Snap it up

I love this cookbook. Tyler is one of my fav's on the Food Network. He seems to make food more, well, approachable. His meals are always beautiful and "fancy", but it's nothing more than good quality, fresh ingredients prepared in innovative ways. I've made and loved so many receipes in this book. Each time I look through it, I chide myself for not having made more of them. A great find for cooks.

Really great recipes with yummy looking pics.

3.8 but not 4 (because if it were 4 I'd have to go buy it. Got it from the library). I copied several recipes and particularly look foward to making Lemon Curry Chicken and The Ultimate Baked Beans.

Got this for Christmas

Another amazing cookbook in the "quick and easy" vein. My favorite recipe in this book is the one-pot ratatouille recipe. When a potluck comes around I invariably get asked to cook it. This book makes you feel like a pro in no time at all!