All about cookery vs Consuming Passions: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English Cookery, English Cooking, Cookery, Cooking
All about cookery
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'As with the commander of an army, or the leader of any enterprise, so it is with the mistress of a house.' A founding text of Victorian middle-class identity, Household Management is today one of the great unread…
Consuming Passions
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What is happening in this age of the broiler house, the factory-frozen, the tinned and the prepacked, to the fine tradition of English food. But then what is the fine tradition of English food? It is fashionable to look…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Consuming Passions is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for All about cookery.
- Consuming Passions has the widest readership — 12 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| All about cookery | Consuming Passions | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (4) | 4.0 (12) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (1) |
Reception
| All about cookery | Consuming Passions | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4 | 12 |
| Editions | 14 | 9 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 13 | — |
| Written reviews | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 517 |
| Pages | 444 | 278 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: All about cookery or Consuming Passions?
Consuming Passions has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Consuming Passions 3.9/5, All about cookery 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: All about cookery or Consuming Passions?
Consuming Passions is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Consuming Passions (278 pages, ≈ 5 h 09 m); All about cookery (444 pages, ≈ 8 h 13 m).
Which is harder to read: All about cookery or Consuming Passions?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — All about cookery: Challenging; Consuming Passions: Moderate.