Cooking Basics for Dummies vs Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Cookery, Cooking

Cover of Cooking Basics for Dummies

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

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Cover of Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine

Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine William Carew Hazlitt · 1886 ★★★☆☆ 3.5 136 pages · ≈ 2 h 31 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Cooking Basics for Dummies higher: 3.9 vs 3.5 from 160 votes.
Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 8 for Cooking Basics for Dummies.
Cooking Basics for Dummies is the easier read (Moderate), Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine more demanding (Challenging).

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