My Favorite Recipes: A Create Your Own Cookbook! Book

This book has great, solid, totally doable recipes (even for a person with a more frugal than gourmet budget), and I totally geek out on their scientific-method-style approach. I have to say, though, that the introductions to their recipes consistently amuse me. Almost all follow this format where they say "every version we could find of this item was insipid and embarrassing, with undesirable flavors and a texture no one could enjoy. We set out to see if we could salvage the reputation of this undeservedly wronged food." If every version you could find was so tragic, what made you want to make the dish in the first place? "Man, this food is ass! I think I'll try to cook it at home!"