When my aunt got this, a food processor was something of a novelty in an ordinary home. I wouldn't buy this myself now--I don't think of it as so exotic a gadget it befits its own specialty cookbook (would this even be published or sold now?) Yet, to give its due, and put it a bit above this usual book, this is actually one that's been used a lot in our home--so much so it's falling apart--not because it's shoddily put together, but because it's loved. Its Carrot, Prune and Raisin Cake and Guacamole are household mainstays. ( )