Great as long as you like cheese... - Rated 
When I first started flicking through this book, it seemed to me that almost every recipe included cheese; ok, I had started at the beginning with the snacks and starters, so maybe that wasn't so strange (72% of these recipes included cheese), and the next section - Veg and pasta dishes - well you'd expect to be a bit cheesy, though with 66% containing cheese it still seemed a bit much. Anyway, I felt I'd be out of the cheesy woods when I got to the fish dishes, but no... 66% of these also included cheese. Ok, so on to the meat & poultry section. Surely I'd left the cheese behind now. And the first recipe was... Squash with meat and cheese stuffing, followed by Beef and cheese strudel; Beef-stuffed aubergine with (you've guessed it) cheese; potato-topped beef and wine casserole topped with - surely not, no, it can't be - yes, cheese - on a beef and wine casserole - Please! Then there was beef enchiladas (with cheese of course) before I finally found a meat recipe without cheese. In all, 38% of the meat and poultry dishes include cheese, though most usage seems - as with the beef and wine casserole - entirely gratuitous. Finally, of the pastries, bakes and desserts recipes, 1 of the sweet dishes and 2 of the 4 savoury dishes contain cheese. So there you have it; I'd recommend it to anyone trying to wean a teenaged pizza addict onto proper food, but if you already enjoy a varied diet, this book will probably just cheese you off.
Another great book from Annette Yates - Rated 
This is a great book with just the right amount of information.
I have 3 books by Annette Yates and find them all very user friendly. There are no pictures yet they are some of my favourite books.
A british book with easy to find ingredients.
Grade A Awful - Rated 
The Combination Microwave Cook offers a review of the various functions, appropriate cooking utensils and cleaning of your oven, none of which add anything to the booklet provided by the manufacturer. The recipes are old-fashioned and boring and there is no information on how to convert your own recipes. Five versions of rarebit, but no advice on how to bake a potato, taking advantage of the micro-wave for speed and convection for colour and texture. "Your oven probably has an auto-cook function for this," the authors airily write. My advice would be to wait for a second book written by someone else.
Long overdue, but worth the wait. - Rated 
Although bookshop shelves are often overloaded with cookery books, including many dealing with microwave cookery, a book that deals specifically with combination ovens has been hard to find. This is a good one. Not only does it deal adequately with all combinations, it has managed to include within its pages some new recipies. The one area where I would like to see an improvement in future editions is in the area of menu planning and microwave usage for say a simple three course meal.
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