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Review the book, not the ranch, not Imus
It's really not helpful or in the spirit of book reviews for all of these entries that say "I love Imus" or "Isn't the ranch wonderful".
This review is about the book. It's a disappointment.
While the actual book is physically beautiful, and therefore it gets more than one star, from a content perspective, it is amateur.
First, the recipes. It's called "Cooking" but the recipes are sparse, difficult to follow, and unimaginative.
Second, the text. It's overly saccharine, full of puerile humor, and quite self-congratulatory.
If you want to donate to the Ranch, just send them a check.
But you can see from the quick spike up and then drop of this title on the amazon.com list, that there must have been bulk buying by I-Man's friends, as well as pent-up demand from the four hours of radio marketing by Imus for the past six weeks.

Send the money direct. You'll never use this book.

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Great cookbook too bad the recipes aren't Deirdres!!
I give this cookbook 5 stars because the recipes belong to Chef Ron of Las Vegas New Mexico! No, sorry I am not a Howard Stern fan just a girl who would have liked for Chef Ron to have been given credit for his work. So I guess I am a Chef Ron fan along with all the people who visited the ranch and loved his food! Did Deirdre ever cook them a meal while they visited the ranch? No!! So how can she say that these are her recipes? These are the recipes that Chef Ron cooked for the wonderful kids at the ranch and some of them even appeared on his menu from his former restaurant! As some of the other reviewers mentioned this has nothing to do with being a fan of Howard's and a hater of Don's, it has to do with principle!! The fact is that Deirdre fired Chef Ron when she realized that Chef Ron had some fans on the ranch! How egotistical is that!? My goodness the kid's really liked Chef Ron as well as the parents, so all she did was deprive them of a wonderful relationship with this man!! The book is great and the pictures are great but Deirdre took someones else's pride and called it her own!

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GREAT Cookbook with GREAT Information for Organic Living
I have seen the negative reviews for this book on this site and I have to say something else is going on here. These people must be Howard Stern fans and just think they have to destroy anything Don Imus is involved in. I mean can a Cookbook really incite these kind of hateful comments? Give me a break.

This book is wonderful. The recipe's are all vegetarian, actually ovo-vegan (No Dairy but does eat eggs) and I have tried several of them so far and they are wonderful. There is also a summary at the beginning of the book of products used that alot of people will not be familiar with and the pictures throughout the book are absolutely wonderful.

All the proceeds of the book go to the Imus Ranch. After reading many of the stories in the cookbook from the kids who have stayed there (who are quite often terminally ill and/or fighting other tremendous obstacles) they seem so excited because they are taught all about hard work on the ranch, and the importance of healthy eating and living in a healthy environment - the ranch is completely organic and chemical free. The expereince sounds wonderful and appears to be very, very positvie for the kids who participate.

The recipes are GREAT and being that the proceeds go to such a wonderful cause I think overall this will become one of my favorite cookbooks and I plan to use it time and time again.