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Originally Posted by Laurablue
Just out of curiosity I skimmed through reviews and found this rather detailed review on Amazon.com of The Empanada King cookbook. |
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Originally Posted by koland
Hmm...some reviews seem to have been removed. But, here is one of the better written ones:
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Well documented criticism, also, with links to where some of the original recipes come from. Same person wrote up review of their catfish cookbook (same plagiarism issues): http://www.amazon.com/Catfish-Recipe...owViewpoints=1
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Very good documentation. Thanks for doing the digging to find it.
There are several sites which archive websites (one that comes quickly to mind is the one at
archive.org) and if someone was inclined to, he or she might be able to find pages with the now-removed reviews intact.
Well I feel like I've wasted some money. I don't cook now, but plan to do a lot in the future. I actually have bought quite a few Encore cookbooks for future use, based on the ratings and reviews. And, the pretty pictures on and in the books of the finished food. ha
I always, or most always got them at a good price, though, so I don't feel completely ripped off. And maybe most of the recipes are good ones--Koland's sweet potato recipe notwithstanding. I really don't care where recipes come from, as long as they are good and someone hasn't done something illegal or unethical to get them. But, the thought that keeps running through my head is that these "authors" might have (probably did) just go through websites and books, and grab recipes pretty much "willy-nilly."
Maybe, if Encore is truly guilty, they will get their just desserts (no pun intended. ha). Maybe it will come from the law. But, if Amazon banned them, that probably would mean the end of their little operation, too. Unfortunately, hucksters have a way of going "out of business" under one name, etc. and then quickly reopening under another one. I'm rambling now, from thinking out loud. I'm quitting.