It's my favorite cook book. I use it heavily. I pull recipes out of it to bring to parties and community events. I always get rave reviews and a million questions.

The funny thing is I'm an American feeding (mostly) Americans. Not only do I have to substitute ingredients but, for the most part, I've never ever tried the dishes prior to cooking them. None of us know how "it's supposed to taste".

I find it all pretty comical. He went and archived all of these rural Turkish recipes and now a bunch of people on a rural American island are attempting to replicate them. From where I stand, he nailed his goal.

Edit; grammar