How to Cook Everything vs Real fast food: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Quick and easy cooking, Cooking & Food, Cooking, Nonfiction

Cover of How to Cook Everything

How to Cook Everything Mark Bittman · 1998 ★★★★☆ 4.0 952 pages · ≈ 17 h 38 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Real fast food

Real fast food Nigel Slater · 1992 ★★★★☆ 4.1 319 pages · ≈ 5 h 54 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.0 vs 4.1 — either is a safe pick by score.
Real fast food is the quicker read — about 5 hours vs 17 for How to Cook Everything.

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