Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Just not good

I bought this book several years ago at a time when I was both selling cookbooks and growing my personal collection of vegetarian cookbooks. The only reason I am thinking of it today is because I just gave it away--the only cookbook I have ever not kept.I bought it because it seemed like a great encyclopedic reference to have on hand. Yet when I actually began trying recipes, they were unbelievable bad. Not one was worth eating, let alone making again. I am experienced in the kitchen and at the time was cooking strictly vegetarian (successfully, until I encountered this book).After several terrible experiences I started comparing the recipes with others in cookbooks I trusted. Looking closely and comparing, I found nothing but bad techniques and bad kitchen science in the recipes I had tried.Yesterday I finally purged it from my collection. I am absolutely astounded that anyone could give this five stars. It as absolutely the worst cookbook I have ever tried.