The Ultimate Albanian Cookbook: 111 Dishes From Albania To Cook Right Now (Balkan food) Paperback – November 18, 2020

I chose 3 stars because it is not formatted in traditional cookbook fashion of today. Preparation steps should be numbered or set apart from each other in separate steps for the cook to easily find her or his place as they are working the prep. I would refer the editor to some of Lidia Bastianich's cookbooks, those written by Fred Plotting or even the highly organized Martha and Marley Spoon recipes that come in her food kits. I found the formatting so annoying, as one who uses a lot of different cookbooks, that my favorite recipes from the book I had to rewrite by hand in an easier quick to use format for a working kitchen.And prep for several should have been better thought out for the average home chef. E.g. the Beet, spinach Phyllis bake could have had the beets (the British name is beetroot in the book) peeled and diced or chucked before cooking to speed up the process.I also found some confusing recipes. E.g. a recipe for a courgette bake made reference to a variety of ways to prep that involved different cheeses but there was no cheese in the recipe!All that said, having Albanian friends, traveling in this part of the world and having family that lived in Albania for over a year, the recipes are a great reminiscence of the good foods and flavors of this beautiful yet virtually unknown country.

The recipes are really interesting, but the descriptions of procedure are just dreadful. The book is riddled with editorial errors but, critically, the poor descriptions make following the recipes (in some cases) impossible.This book needs editing.

Really loved quite a few of these. Easy to make. Ingredients easily available in my pantry or garden. Especially loved the baked fish