An alphabet for gourmets vs Food and feeding: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Gastronomy, Food, Cooking
An alphabet for gourmets
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An Alphabet for Gourmets A playful, thoughtful, and delicious A to Z of M.F.K. Fisher’s food writing.In An Alphabet for Gourmets, M.F.K. Fisher creates a wide-ranging, whimsical, and profound miscellany of food that…
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The present work is the outcome of two lectures on the Books of the Tuat, i.e., the Egyptian Underworld, or "Other World," which I had the honour to deliver at the Royal Institution in the spring of 1904, and it has…
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The verdict
- Readers rate An alphabet for gourmets highest: An alphabet for gourmets 4.1 · Food and feeding 3.8.
- An alphabet for gourmets is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 12 for Food and feeding.
- An alphabet for gourmets has the widest readership — 557 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| An alphabet for gourmets | Food and feeding | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (557) | 4.0 (3) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | — |
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Reception
| An alphabet for gourmets | Food and feeding | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 557 | 3 |
| Editions | 9 | 50 |
| Citations | 5 | — |
| Want to read | 952 | 44 |
| Reading it now | 40 | — |
| Written reviews | 51 | 1 |
| Pages | 255 | 657 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: An alphabet for gourmets or Food and feeding?
An alphabet for gourmets has the higher combined reader rating across sources (An alphabet for gourmets 4.1/5, Food and feeding 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: An alphabet for gourmets or Food and feeding?
An alphabet for gourmets is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: An alphabet for gourmets (255 pages, ≈ 4 h 43 m); Food and feeding (657 pages, ≈ 12 h 10 m).
Which is harder to read: An alphabet for gourmets or Food and feeding?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — An alphabet for gourmets: Challenging; Food and feeding: Demanding.