Boston Cooking-School cook book vs Food and feeding: Which Should You Read?

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
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Basic American cookbook, specializing in New England recipes.

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Cover of Food and feeding Food and feeding Sir Henry Thompson · 1879 ★★★★☆ 3.8 657 pages · ≈ 12 h 10 m · Demanding
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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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Scores by source

Boston Cooking-School cook bookFood and feeding
Goodreads — 4.0 (3)
Google Books 3.5 (3) —
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Reception

Boston Cooking-School cook bookFood and feeding
Ratings 3 3
Editions 98 50
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read — 44
Written reviews — 1
Pages 807 657
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Boston Cooking-School cook book or Food and feeding?

Food and feeding has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Food and feeding 3.8/5, Boston Cooking-School cook book 3.8/5).

Which is shorter to read: Boston Cooking-School cook book or Food and feeding?

Food and feeding is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Food and feeding (657 pages, ≈ 12 h 10 m); Boston Cooking-School cook book (807 pages, ≈ 14 h 57 m).

Which is harder to read: Boston Cooking-School cook book or Food and feeding?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Boston Cooking-School cook book: Demanding; Food and feeding: Demanding.

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