Slow Cook Modern: 200 Recipes for the Way We Eat Today is definitely a modern take on cooking and using a slow cooker, with recipes such as Tarragon and Crème Fraîche Chicken with Cranberry-Orange Wild Rice. I felt like this cook book is a great edition to anyone's library, but the recipes aren't accessible to a wide range of people when it comes into cost to prepare the meals and the weekly budget a lot of people have to feel an individual or family. There are hearty dishes that you'd expect when it comes to using a slow cooker, but also classic dishes with a modern take. Some recipes are more unique with a little more complexity to challenge a beginner in the kitchen.

The book begins with how to choose your slow cooker and the basic cooking with it . Followed by wonderful recipes with slow cooker ...... A must book for everyone.......

When I think "slow cooker" (or "Crock Pot"), what comes to mind is hearty root-vegetable stews or savory roasts that warm you from the inside on cold winter nights. Slow Cook Modern has quite a few classic and moderned-up recipes for those traditional dishes - but it has WAY more, too. Think cuisines from all corners of the Earth: India, Scotland, Central and South America, Eastern Europe, Indonesia - and even the American south. There's an extensive section on vegetarian and vegan recipes, as well as instructions on how to "slow-cook" the base ingredients needed for a lot of the dishes (stocks, pastes, ghee, etc.). Add in the clear, helpful morning/evening instructions and interesting side-dish/accompaniment recipes, and this book is a must-have for busy home cooks.

I love the layout and design of this book! I love the structure of the recipes and the thought that has gone into the process. I can't wait to try some.

This book is the best organized I've seen on slow cooking. That's because it takes into account the way people actually use these appliances and how they want to cook.

Every recipe assumes that you want to load the slow cooker in the morning before work, turn it on and have minimal work to do once you are home to fix dinner. To achieve that Krissoff has an accompaniment to each recipe to make a full meal. She also breaks down each pair into what is done before and after work.

It's an approach that is thoughtful and helpful

Also in the book you'll find ideas for leftovers, suggestions for other accompaniments, and tips..

My problem with the book is that it is for "the way we cook now. That means there is a chapter of vegetarian and vegan recipes. It also means that ethnic dishes make up the majority of recipes. While I didn't find too many exotic ingredients used, this emphasis may be a difficult one for many.

I guess I am way out of step because I found the recipes relied far too much on chili peppers and hot spices. o while a great concept, it's not a cookbook for me.

I can't review this cookbook as couldn't get the file to load I'm gutted I love my slow cooker.