Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book vs Food and feeding: Which Should You Read?

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Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book Betty Crocker · 1950 ★★★★☆ 3.9 456 pages · ≈ 8 h 27 m · Moderate

It's the book that started it all, the well-loved edition that first bought Betty Crocker cookbooks into American homes and hearts. Published in 1950, this ground-breaking title made cooking easy, it made cooking…

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Food and feeding Sir Henry Thompson · 1879 ★★★★☆ 3.8 657 pages · ≈ 12 h 10 m · Demanding

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

Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book is the quickest read — about 8 hours vs 12 for Food and feeding.

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How to choose

Want a one-evening read? Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book ≈ 8h vs 12h for Food and feeding New to the genre? Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book Moderate vs Demanding for Food and feeding

Scores by source

	Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book	Food and feeding
Goodreads	3.0 (1)	4.0 (3)
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Reception

	Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book	Food and feeding
Ratings	3	3
Editions	16	50
Want to read	2	44
Written reviews	—	1
Wikipedia attention	1998	—
Pages	456	657
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book or Food and feeding?

Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book 3.9/5, Food and feeding 3.8/5).

Which is shorter to read: Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book or Food and feeding?

Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book (456 pages, ≈ 8 h 27 m); Food and feeding (657 pages, ≈ 12 h 10 m).

Which is harder to read: Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book or Food and feeding?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book: Moderate; Food and feeding: Demanding.