So I got the book today, and I cooked the tuna pasta. I admit I was kinda skeptical at first (for no specific reason), but gave it a shot and it was a hit! Everyone (including me :)) said it was very tasty--and we actually meant it, we have "radical candor" at the table :)) And the material proof is that there's nothing left, it's all gone.
BTW there's a small technical issue--there are no page numbers in my copy (which was printed on demand, here in PL). I guess maybe they were too close to the edges and got cut?