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James Grotstein's latest work is a unique two-volume “cookbook” on psychoanalytic theory and technique from a Kleinian/Bionian/Grosteinian perspective, akin to Julia Child's The Art of French Cooking. I recently bought a cookbook of recipes gathered from many countries around the world. Jim Grotstein's “psychoanalytic cookbook” is a bit like it. At times, it is unclear where Klein and Bion leave off and Grotstein begins, but, within this blend of exquisite ingredients and inspired recipes, one finds a true feast. There is a regional dish from a variety of “countries,” including science, mathematics, philosophy, poetry, music, literature, drama, religion, and mysticism (to name a few). Gifting us with his most accessible and comprehensive “how to” guide to psychoanalysis, Grotstein covers the gamut of everything you ever wanted to know about Kleinian/Bionian psychoanalytic technique and then some. It is truly a clinical “gem” — a biblelike handbook in value, although Grotstein disputes the idea of it being a bible in his third “caveat” in the introduction to Volume 1. (Grotstein's caveats and frequently used phrase, “in other words,” scattered throughout both volumes, are wonderful summaries or self-paraphrases of what he might have just spent a page or two delineating. They pull the reader right