Recipes give you the ingredients list and a few instructions, but a lot of detail is left out of the instructions. This book covers all the tips and tricks that you will need to be successful making Baklava from scratch on the first try. It's really not that hard once you know the secrets. My book provides those secrets. Just read the book from end to end and get a feel for what you're going to do and how you're going to do it. Then give it a shot...