Reading progress update: I've read 213 out of 256 pages.

So I tried two recipes from this book so far. The edamame dumplings and the sauce suggested for them. The sauce was very oily, and not very flavorful. The dumplings were pretty good but need more spice for my taste. The beans are very bland and the herbs added just didn't offer enough taste for my palette. I'm going to try 2-3 three more before I made a final judgement. Even if they all taste a but dull for me I still my recommend it for the basic recipes.