The Rating System

There are six different categories I have come up with in order to rate each recipe. See below details on what each star means!

• Difficulty of ingredients to find
  • 1 star – You should have the ingredients at home
  • 2 star – You might have the ingredients at home
  • 3 stars – Probably a trip to a normal market
  • 4 stars – Two trips to different markets, maybe a specialty store
  • 5 stars – A few Special trips to find ingredients
• Perceived difficulty going into the recipe
  • 1 Star – going to be easy as can be
  • 2 stars – Some technique involved
  • 3 stars – Not easy, but not hard
  • 4 stars – This will take some effort
  • 5 stars – This required non stop attention
• Difficulty after recipe
  • 1 star – Easy as can be
  • 2 stars – Some technique involved
  • 3 stars – Not easy, but not hard
  • 4 stars – This took some effort
  • 5 stars – This required non stop attention
• Time taken
  • 1 star – Less than 30 minutes
  • 2 stars – Less than an hour
  • 3 stars – Less than 2 hours
  • 4 – Less than 4 hours
  • 5 stars – 4 hours or more
• Taste
  • 1 star – I would not eat this again if someone paid me to do so
  • 2 stars – It was okay, probably not going to make again
  • 3 stars – It was good, but not a standout dish
  • 4 stars – Very very good – great dish with few flaws
  • 5 stars – Amazing dish, would make again in a heartbeat 
• Make again
  • 1 star – No way
  • 2 stars – Probably not unless some asked me to
  • 3 stars – Maybe for a certain occasion
  • 4 stars – Yes I would 
  • 5 stars – Without a doubt, everyday if I could