I have bought countless cookery books over the years in a vain attempt to become a good cook and have come to believe that my ability as a cook is inversely proportional to the number of cookery books I own. Books tell you what to do. RouBE not only tells you what to do but how to do it and it does that exceptionally well and to great effect! I've learned more in 5 days (trial) than I have in ?years. The books have now been displaced by RouBE.