Cooking Basics for Dummies vs First Cook Book: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cookery, Cooking
Cooking Basics for Dummies
Are you looking to dig yourself out of microwave dinners and learn the ropes of home cooking? Cooking Basics For Dummies, 5th Edition takes the intimidation out of cooking and helps you start cultivating your culinary…
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First Cook Book
A perfect first cookbook with 60 recipes for young chefs to tryStart your kitchen adventure with 60 delicious and simple recipes from around the world.Feel right at home in the kitchen with this first cookbook for…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- First Cook Book is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 8 for Cooking Basics for Dummies.
- Cooking Basics for Dummies has the widest readership — 160 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Cooking Basics for Dummies | First Cook Book | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (160) | 5.0 (3) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (2) | — |
| Google Books | 4.0 (2) | 4.0 (1) |
Reception
| Cooking Basics for Dummies | First Cook Book | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 160 | 3 |
| Editions | 19 | 10 |
| Want to read | — | 6 |
| Pages | 464 | 72 |