Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I'm a cookbook collector though hardly an excellent or skilled chef, I like to read cookbooks for fun, even more than I like to actually cook (if that makes any sense). So I made the Black Chickpea Curry (with normal chickpeas, though) and it was delicious - and easy as pie to follow. I also made the cardamom pear oats, which was also easy. I'm an IP newbie, so I chose easy. The other recipes look delicious and extremely creative, and there are also staples/ingredients: broths, ricotta cheese, cauliflower sour cream, a bunch of sauces (mole sauce!) and "not-raw" Almond milk. It's as though Kathy isn't thinking of giving you a big list of Vegan dishes, but she's empowering you to create amazing Vegan meals. There is breakfast, dessert, one-pot dishes, as well as some fancy stuff like Jackfruit Tinga, Seitan sausage, pumpkin tamales?! Yum. There is also a section on layering - which I'm currently intimidated by, but I'll get there eventually. The photography is really well done, and the directions are clear and orderly. However, this is MUCH MORE than a cookbook and this is why it's worth it for me. Kathy goes into all the things you need to know about the IP in a way, frankly, that is much more logical and understandable than most vegan recipes I've found online, and she explains things about the IP better than IP handbook itself in places ("What do all those buttons do!"). There is an IP troubleshooting section, and "Ninja Instant Pot tricks" section and also thoughts on special diet considerations. She breaks down the IP lingo and acronyms in a simple and straightforward way for beginners, but the recipes themselves vary from easy to quite sophisticated. There are some handy extras on the recipes themselves - the recipes are in American measurements but also have the metric equivalents (handy for some of you) and it gives the nutrition information for those of us watching our calorie/carb and protein intakes. BEST PART: there are pages and pages of what I'll call "reference material" that formerly you'd likely have to google for, making this more than a cookbook but more like a manual - a Bean and Lentil Cooking Chart, a Whole Grains Cooking Chart, and a Vegetable Cooking Chart. I needed these things. Extras I appreciates in a cookbook with a good "user experience" - an appendix of recipes by course, a list of handy IP accessories, recommended Facebook groups, reading, and other cookbooks, and a very thorough and comprehensive index so it's quick and easy to look stuff up. These are details that mean a lot to me, the internet is filled with recipes, but I really appreciate actual instruction and resources to best use the IP as a Vegan. This is likely a book I will leave in the kitchen for regular use, rather than put on the back shelf - I'll use to to make sure my cooking times and cooking processes are correct, and also to inspire ideas. It's more than delicious recipes, it's a practical manual.