This cookbook takes the recipes from Ms. MacInerney's Dewberry Farm Mystery series and put them all in one place. This is a collection of fairly easy to make, mouthwatering dishes, organized by category (appetizers, entrees, deserts, etc.) Now one could make the case that if you have these books (which I do) you could just refer to them to use the recipes. IF you are super efficient, and organized, I suppose you could. But although I love the stories, I don't keep track of the dishes included in each, and so would have to search the entire series. In addition, by organizing them into categories, it is easy to just use the table of contents to find a recipe that fits the bill for what I am making! Do yourself a favor, and enter the world of Lucy's Farmhouse Kitchen. You will be glad you did!!