Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: What a boring cookbook!

This was a book with great promise that turned out to be highly disapointing!There is nothing outstanding in this mundane collection of recipes that can't be found in an ordinary cookbook (Anything from Joy of Cooking to a Pillsbury anthology is just as useful). The recipe for German Chocolate cake is available in countless other volumes and every grocery store.I found the directions vague. The interesting historical facts are fun to browse through, but the lack of photographs make this a difficult cookbook to enjoy.