I tried some of the recipes and it works! This is what is expected of such a book. But beware, some are not simple or even frankly techniques and lack of explanations as overall descriptions are very short. One point the author must imperatively review regarding the settings of the oven temperatures. The is just anything: even tuning a "thermostat 6" is very FREQUENTLY indicates, but for temperatures ranging from 150 to 190 C for a recipe to another. So I corrected my copy in hand after test. C. Michalak noted that the pastry requiere of precision; while thinking of his approximations? ...