This cookbook turned out to be the most helpful cookbook I own. My father is Filipino and my mother is German. Now that they both live with us, I was at a loss as to what I can cook for him that he would remember from his youth. This book had all the recipes I needed and my father was very happy sampling the finished dishes. My mother even tried a few. After leafing through the cookbook, we had to go to the Asian market and buy bihon pancit, squid and sweet rice. This book has a nice selection of recipes and a good book to give an overview of Filipino foods. I recomend it to everyone.