If you want to read a Rex Stout Nero Wolfe story, some are better than others, of course. Some are also better suited for someone unfamiliar with the characters. My first book was “The Red Box”, which was most unsatisfactory.
I think the best overall pick is “Some Buried Caesar”, but “The Doorbell Rang” is also quite good. For the food angle, “Too Many Cooks” is also a very good choice (despite some anti-racial prejudice preachiness in the middle). After you have a couple under your belt, “And Be a Villain” is just fun. The novellas (three to a paperback) usually have at least one good read in them.
Thanks for the tips - always looking for a good book. Of the titles you listed my library has Zero, not even the unsatisfactory “Red Box”. But, did have 10 others.
I reserved “Murder by the Book” to meet this irascible, corpulent Nero. It, at least, got 5 stars by “the critical library users” — vs the others with 3-1/2 to 4 (I’m joking about that as I rarely agree with whoever rates these).