It is a plastic binder.This makes it very easy to removed the recipe that you want to make without having to Turn the book this way or that way to read the recipe and look at the picture.
The other wonderful part of this cookbook is that the pictures help guide you.
The recipes are only on one page and the picture on the other side.
I had this delivered while at work.I had people clamoring at lunch to look through this cook book.
One person said that it made him drool and another lady stating that she was buying this Cook book.
Another wonderful part of this is that you can add recipes to this as it is a binder.This is worth the money I spent.
I have looked for cook books that have pictures and this one is a great buy.
The preparation and cook times are very accurate -- great for when you have guests arriving for dinner at a certain time and the directions are easy enough to follow for when my 15 year old wants to try her hand at dinner.
This book is not just for dinners either! There are great dessert and sandwich recipes as well. All recipes contain quite a bit of butter (it IS a Land o'Lakes cookbook) so they are not for those cooking light, but are very tasty.
The skillet pizza is the only recipe I have not liked so far. My favorite recipes are the deep dish apple pie and chicken Kiev.