Cooking Basics for Dummies vs How to Cook and Eat in Chinese: 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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How to Cook and Eat in Chinese
The beloved classic—now back in print. A gold mine of simple and authentic Chinese cuisine that's a must-have for everyone who loves delicious food.Let these glowing reviews tell you how this old-school cookbook…
The verdict
- Readers rate How to Cook and Eat in Chinese highest: How to Cook and Eat in Chinese 4.1 · Cooking Basics for Dummies 3.9.
- How to Cook and Eat in Chinese is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 8 for Cooking Basics for Dummies.
- Cooking Basics for Dummies has the widest readership — 160 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Cooking Basics for Dummies | How to Cook and Eat in Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (160) | 4.3 (48) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (2) | — |
| Google Books | 4.0 (2) | — |
Reception
| Cooking Basics for Dummies | How to Cook and Eat in Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 160 | 48 |
| Editions | 19 | 16 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 624 |
| Reading it now | — | 93 |
| Written reviews | — | 6 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 234 |
| Pages | 464 | 262 |