Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book vs Boston Cooking-School cook book: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book 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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Cover of Boston Cooking-School cook book Boston Cooking-School cook book Fannie Merritt Farmer · 1896 ★★★★☆ 3.8 807 pages · ≈ 14 h 57 m · Demanding

Basic American cookbook, specializing in New England recipes.

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Goodreads 3.0 (1) —
Google Books — 3.5 (3)

Reception

Betty Crocker's Picture Cook BookBoston Cooking-School cook book
Ratings 3 3
Editions 16 98
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read 2 —
Wikipedia attention 1998 —
Pages 456 807

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