All-time favorites vs Cooking Basics for Dummies: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cookery, Cooking
All-time favorites
A homemade birthday cake can be the perfect way to make a celebration special, and Betty Crocker makes it easy for anyone to bake a cake that’s beautiful and impressive. This lighthearted book is bursting with 80 fresh…
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Cooking Basics for Dummies
Are you looking to dig yourself out of microwave dinners and learn the ropes of home cooking? Cooking Basics For Dummies, 5th Edition takes the intimidation out of cooking and helps you start cultivating your culinary…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- All-time favorites is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 8 for Cooking Basics for Dummies.
- Cooking Basics for Dummies has the widest readership — 160 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| All-time favorites | Cooking Basics for Dummies | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (160) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.5 (2) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (2) |
Reception
| All-time favorites | Cooking Basics for Dummies | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2 | 160 |
| Editions | 12 | 19 |
| Pages | 161 | 464 |