If you really have no intention of cooking (hardly) any of the recipes then yes, most definitely.

Mind you, there is an American author who's recipe books I like to read yet I rarely make any of her stuff - Anna Thomas. That's because the Mexican ingredients she loves are too hard to source in the UK (nopalitos, tomatillos, guajillos etc) and she uses an oven a lot (something I don't currently have in my rented apartment and I can't bring myself to use a microwave - there are so many Mediterranean and Asian dishes I can cook, and so many more to discover, it doesn't bother me much)