This fortnight only
Authentic-ish Chinese
Home Classics, Lightened
The whole book, free, in exchange for an honest review. Honest rather than good: if a dish is worse than the original, say so and say which.
Both offers end at midnight on Sunday 25 October. The price goes back to $9.99 and Mexican takes over.
What happens next
A different one of the 17 comes up every fortnight, on a fixed rotation you can check below. Sign up once and I will tell you when yours is the free one, and nothing else.
- Monday 26 October Authentic-ish Mexican
- Monday 9 November Authentic-ish French
- Monday 23 November Authentic-ish Thai
Why I want you specifically
These books make a claim that is unusually easy to falsify. Every recipe says what its swap costs you, in specific terms: the sauce will be paler, the crumb won't be as crisp, you'll notice the pork. If any of that is wrong, somebody who cooks it will find out in 40 minutes.
I would rather that person be you, before publication, than a stranger leaving a two-star review afterwards.
What you get
- The swap kit as a printable PDF, straight away. One page per cuisine, every swap, what it saves and what it costs.
- The full book, as an EPUB, a week or so before it goes on sale. All of it, not a sample.
- An email when the next one is ready. Nothing else.
What I ask
Cook something from it. One recipe is plenty.
Leave a review that says what you actually thought. If the lightened carbonara disappointed you, say so and say why. A book whose whole pitch is not lying about food would be a strange one to farm five-star reviews for.
Mention that you got a free copy. Amazon asks for that disclosure and it is the right thing to do anyway. One line does it.
What I will not do
Pay you, offer you a voucher, or give you anything conditional on the review being positive. All three are against Amazon's rules and all three would make the reviews worthless, which defeats the point of having them.
You are also under no obligation. If you take a copy, cook nothing and never write a word, that is genuinely fine and you stay on the list.
One email to join, one click to leave, and the address goes nowhere except our own list. See privacy.
Not ready to join anything? The swap kits are free to read right now, no address required.