One of the first sentences to this book is “This book has been a labor of love, one that I have poured my heart into” and there is so much in depth information, at the beginning there is a grocery & kitchen tool list which will come in extremely handy. All the recipes sound really delicious & all seem easy enough to follow, I have always been intimidated by a sourdough starter
but because of this book, I’m going to give it a go. There’s a conversion chart at the end which is great for me, being from the UK.
I think this would be great book for anybody and is a real stepping stone into becoming more self-reliant. Oh and the pictures are just *self-reliant chefs kiss*

★★★★★
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I want to thank NetGalley and Skyhorse Publishing for the opportunity to review this book.

As someone who is very interested in being self-reliant, I found this cookbook very helpful. I love the pantry section and found it helpful to know some of the better items to keep in your pantry. I also found all of the information on ingredient sourcing helpful especially for someone new to self-reliance. I really liked the assortment of recipes especially recipes for everyday staples such as butter and cream cheese. I never even thought about making these items, and it is something I would love to start doing. While the recipes are not that unique, I feel like they are the type of recipes that everyone should know how to make so it is nice to have them in one book. Mastering these recipes would definitely make me more self-reliant. I would definitely recommend this book. I also think this book would make a great gift.

I downloaded this cookbook because I thought it would be one of the best ones I’ve ever read, but it ended up being kind of boring as I really just downloaded it to see the delicious pictures anyway. The only few things I liked about it were the grocery and tool lists that’s all. I would or wouldn’t recommend this cookbook to any chef.