Boston Cooking-School cook book vs Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Boston Cooking-School cook book Boston Cooking-School cook book Fannie Merritt Farmer · 1896 ★★★★☆ 3.8 807 pages · ≈ 14 h 57 m · Demanding

Basic American cookbook, specializing in New England recipes.

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Cover of Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus Rufus Estes · 1911 ★★★★☆ 4.2 151 pages · ≈ 2 h 48 m · Challenging

An illustrated collection of nearly 600 recipes offering instructions for preparing such standard fare as fried chicken, beef roast, and glazed carrots and more specifically, among them Creole-style chicken gumbo,…

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Boston Cooking-School cook bookGood Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus
Goodreads — 4.3 (83)
Google Books 3.5 (3) —

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Boston Cooking-School cook bookGood Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus
Ratings 3 83
Editions 98 38
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read — 213
Reading it now — 63
Written reviews — 10
Pages 807 151

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