Cooking Basics for Dummies vs Oysters à la mode, or, The oyster and over 100 ways of cooking it: Which Should You Read?

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Cooking Basics for Dummies Bryan Miller · 2004 ★★★★☆ 3.9 464 pages · ≈ 8 h 36 m · Moderate

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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Oysters à la mode, or, The oyster and over 100 ways of cooking it Harriet Anne de Salis · 1888 76 pages · ≈ 1 h 24 m · Challenging

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The verdict

Oysters à la mode, or, The oyster and over 100 ways of cooking it is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 8 for Cooking Basics for Dummies.

How to choose

Want a one-evening read? Oysters à la mode, or, The oyster and over 100 ways of cooking it ≈ 1h vs 8h for Cooking Basics for Dummies New to the genre? Cooking Basics for Dummies Moderate vs Challenging for Oysters à la mode, or, The oyster and over 100 ways of cooking it

Scores by source

	Cooking Basics for Dummies	Oysters à la mode, or, The oyster and over 100 ways of cooking it
Goodreads	3.9 (160)	—
Hardcover	3.5 (2)	—
Google Books	4.0 (2)	—

Reception

	Cooking Basics for Dummies	Oysters à la mode, or, The oyster and over 100 ways of cooking it
Ratings	160	—
Editions	19	11
Pages	464	76

Cooking Basics for Dummies vs Oysters à la mode, or, The oyster and over 100 ways of cooking it: Which Should You Read?

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