A Cook's Tour vs Food fundamentals: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Food, Cookery, Cooking
A Cook's Tour
From the host of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown and bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential, this wonderful book sees Bourdain travelling the world discovering exotic foods. Dodging minefields in Cambodia, diving…
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Food fundamentals
"Food Fundamentals, 10th Edition" integrates the scientific principles of safe and nutritious food preparation with the basic techniques students need to work effectively with food. It introduces the scientific basis of…
The verdict
- Readers rate A Cook's Tour highest: A Cook's Tour 4.2 · Food fundamentals 3.6.
- A Cook's Tour is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 10 for Food fundamentals.
- A Cook's Tour has the widest readership — 34 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A Cook's Tour | Food fundamentals | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.0 (8) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (4) | 3.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (34) | — |
Reception
| A Cook's Tour | Food fundamentals | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 34 | 8 |
| Editions | 12 | 9 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 27 | — |
| Pages | 292 | 576 |