Nancy Young wrote:

> If it was just the beef stock, it would be one thing. But some
> cookbooks, it's every recipe that calls for 2 or more other
> recipes from the book. Read through the recipe turns into
> read all these recipes.
> To each their own, of course. I'm not big on recipes that call for a
> few dozen ingredients, so perhaps those cookbooks are
> not for me.

I tend to prefer nice simple recipes too, but once in a while I get the
urge to tackle something bigger. I have seen worse. I posted here before
about doing boeuf en croute from a French cookbook. Not only were there
ingredients with references to another recipe, but when I went to those
recipes I was directed again to yet another.