Cooked vs Tasting the past: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Food habits, Food, Cooking
Cooked
"Fire, water, air, earth--our most trusted food expert recounts the story of his culinary education In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the…
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Tasting the past
The many influences of the past on our diet today make the concept of 'British food' very hard to define. The Celts, Romans, Saxons, Vikings and Normans all brought ingredients to the table, and the country was…
The verdict
- Readers rate Cooked highest: Cooked 4.1 · Tasting the past 3.8.
- Tasting the past is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 8 for Cooked.
- Cooked has the widest readership — 26325 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Cooked | Tasting the past | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (26325) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (61) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (257) | — |
Reception
| Cooked | Tasting the past | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 26325 | 1 |
| Editions | 10 | 14 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 40813 | — |
| Reading it now | 2337 | — |
| Written reviews | 2443 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 76 | — |
| Pages | 475 | 160 |