How to Cook Everything vs Real fast food: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Quick and easy cooking, Cooking & Food, Cooking, Nonfiction
How to Cook Everything
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From Wikipedia: How To Cook Everything (John Wiley & Sons, 1998, ISBN 0-02-861010-5) is a general cooking reference written by New York Times food writer Mark Bittman and aimed at United States home cooks. It is the…
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Nigel Slater presents over 350 creative, delicious and nourishing recipes and suggestions for those who'd rather spend more of their time eating than cooking. From simple snacks to dinner-party desserts, all the dishes…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Real fast food is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 17 for How to Cook Everything.
- Real fast food has the widest readership — 1412 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| How to Cook Everything | Real fast food | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (1412) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (47) | 4.0 (1) |
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Reception
| How to Cook Everything | Real fast food | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 47 | 1412 |
| Editions | 11 | 18 |
| Want to read | — | 1078 |
| Reading it now | — | 169 |
| Written reviews | — | 62 |
| Wikipedia attention | 176 | — |
| Pages | 952 | 319 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: How to Cook Everything or Real fast food?
Real fast food has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Real fast food 4.1/5, How to Cook Everything 4.1/5).
Which is shorter to read: How to Cook Everything or Real fast food?
Real fast food is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Real fast food (319 pages, ≈ 5 h 54 m); How to Cook Everything (952 pages, ≈ 17 h 38 m).
Which is harder to read: How to Cook Everything or Real fast food?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — How to Cook Everything: Moderate; Real fast food: Moderate.