Comfort Me with Apples vs The art of eating: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Women food writers, Cookery, Cooking
Comfort Me with Apples
“Easy for him to say: He was independently wealthy.”
Warm, very descriptive of mouth watering food interspersed with receipes. A story of food and her life which was quite an exciting one of a restaurant critic.
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The art of eating
This book is the essence of M.F.K. Fisher, whose wit and fulsome opinions on food and those who produce it, comment upon it, and consume it are as apt today as they were several decades ago, when she composed them. Why…
The verdict
- Readers rate The art of eating highest: The art of eating 3.9 · Comfort Me with Apples 3.6.
- Comfort Me with Apples is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 13 for The art of eating.
- Comfort Me with Apples has the widest readership — 41682 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Comfort Me with Apples | The art of eating | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (41682) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (23) | 4.1 (7) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (48) | — |
Reception
| Comfort Me with Apples | The art of eating | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 41682 | 7 |
| Editions | 19 | 11 |
| Citations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 519 | — |
| Pages | 320 | 749 |