Summer Cooking (Cookery Library) vs The cook's oracle: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English Cookery, English Cooking, Cookery, Cooking
Summer Cooking (Cookery Library)
Summer Cooking - first published in 1955 - is Elizabeth David's wonderful selection of dishes, for table, buffet and picnic, that are light, easy to prepare and based on seasonal ingredients. Elizabeth David shows how…
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The cook's oracle
The processes of cookery are very few: author has endeavoured to describe each, in so plain and circumstantial a manner, as it will be easily understood, even by the amateur, unacquainted with the practical part of…
The verdict
- Summer Cooking (Cookery Library) is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for The cook's oracle.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Summer Cooking (Cookery Library) | The cook's oracle | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Summer Cooking (Cookery Library) | The cook's oracle | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | — |
| Editions | 27 | 11 |
| Citations | — | 3 |
| Pages | 252 | 424 |