I really like the recipes in this book, but the index drives me crazy. All of the recipes are indexed by an English description of the recipe instead of the traditional name for the dish, e.g. Dal is indexed under "Savory Lentils", or Spatzle under "Little German Noodle Dumplings". If I feel ambitious, I may create a new index for it. At least there is an index by country/region and that helps some. The traditional names are given with the recipes and a pronunciation is given for each.