Joy of Cooking vs Miss Beecher's domestic receipt book: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Canning and preserving, American Cookery, Cookery, Cooking
Joy of Cooking
John and Megan developed more than six hundred new recipes for this edition, tested and tweaked thousands of classic recipes, and updated every section of every chapter to reflect the latest ingredients and techniques…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Joy of Cooking highest: Joy of Cooking 4.1 · Miss Beecher's domestic receipt book 3.9.
- Miss Beecher's domestic receipt book is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 16 for Joy of Cooking.
- Joy of Cooking has the widest readership — 202748 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Joy of Cooking | Miss Beecher's domestic receipt book | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (202748) | 4.3 (7) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (21) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (42) | — |
Reception
| Joy of Cooking | Miss Beecher's domestic receipt book | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 202748 | 7 |
| Editions | 67 | 44 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 206998 | — |
| Written reviews | 1434 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 5215 | — |
| Pages | 883 | 306 |