Cooking Basics for Dummies vs Stalking the wild asparagus: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cookery, Cooking
Cooking Basics for Dummies
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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…
Stalking the wild asparagus
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An imaginative approach to cooking, offering numerous recipes for main dishes and acompaniments made from wild berries, roots, nuts, and leaves.
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Stalking the wild asparagus is the quickest read — about 5 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 | Stalking the wild asparagus | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (160) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (2) | 3.5 (2) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (2) | — |
Reception
| Cooking Basics for Dummies | Stalking the wild asparagus | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 160 | 2 |
| Editions | 19 | 11 |
| Citations | — | 56 |
| Pages | 464 | 303 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Cooking Basics for Dummies or Stalking the wild asparagus?
Cooking Basics for Dummies has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Cooking Basics for Dummies 3.9/5, Stalking the wild asparagus 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Cooking Basics for Dummies or Stalking the wild asparagus?
Stalking the wild asparagus is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Stalking the wild asparagus (303 pages, ≈ 5 h 37 m); Cooking Basics for Dummies (464 pages, ≈ 8 h 36 m).
Which is harder to read: Cooking Basics for Dummies or Stalking the wild asparagus?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Cooking Basics for Dummies: Moderate; Stalking the wild asparagus: Moderate.